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More patients will need
help adjusting meds after bariatric surgery
.
More of these procedures are being done to help patients lose weight, control diabetes, and improve cardiovascular risk.
Gastric banding (
Lap-Band
, etc) and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are the most common procedures.
"Banding" uses an inflatable ring to squeeze the neck of the stomach...to reduce stomach volume and restrict intake.
Gastric bypass reduces the stomach size surgically...AND...
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