Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding: A Miracle Cure?

Chisholm Health Ethics Bulletin 13 (3):1 (2008)
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Khalafzai, Rida Usman Obesity is the bane of modern times. Its ever-rising incidence and the frequent lack of success of conventional weight loss methods, has lead to the evolution of surgical weight loss techniques. Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB) is one such procedure aimed at assisting in the loss of weight in obese individuals for whom traditional methods have failed

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