Laparoscopic gastric banding is one of the least invasive weight loss surgeries available. Placing a band around your stomach can make you feel full with less food. Laparoscopic gastric banding ...

June 18, 2012 — Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) surgery is significantly associated with lower complication rates, shorter length of stay, lower financial cost, and lower mortality ...

Laparoscopy is a type of surgery that gets its name from the laparoscope, a slender tool that has a tiny video camera and light on the end. When a surgeon inserts it through a small cut into your body ...

If you and your doctor have decided that weight loss surgery is right for you, you have several options. In a restrictive surgery, a surgeon uses one of a variety of techniques to reduce the size of ...

MIAMI (CBS4) -- Gastric band surgery helps people lose weight but it can be a scary surgery. So imagine losing weight without having to go under the knife. Now, there's a new procedure that uses ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Surgeons at The Ohio State University Medical Center are among the first in the country to use a device that is expected to make surgery a more viable alternative for people who need ...

In February, Chris Christie, the notoriously heavyweight New Jersey governor, underwent a 40-minute lap-band weight-loss surgery, the description of which is enough to make anyone lose his appetite.