Re: A WLS article from today's Boston Globe

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In a message dated 07/31/2001 11:58:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

amysdad@... writes:

> But surgery isn't for everyone. There can be complications: In the Lap-Band

> trials in the United States, half the patients

> suffered from nausea and vomiting, 24 percent had the band slip and 25

> percent had it removed because of side effects. In

> three years, patients lost 36 percent of their excess weight on average,

> while gastric bypass patients lose two-thirds. In

> Europe, where the Lap-Band has been used for years, and where diets are

> less fatty, the results are closer to 50 percent,

> Shikora said.

>

>

With those stats, I can't believe that it got approved. The MGB has glowing

results and it is considered experimental? Go figure!!

Sue Langdon

MGB 1/24/00

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