GASTRIC BINDING SURGERY • GASTRIC BAND SURGERY IS A BARIATRIC SURGERY (WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY) WHICH IS A RESTRICTIVE PROCEDURE. DURING BARIATRIC SURGERY (WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY), THE AREA OF THE STOMACH IS REDUCED BY PLACING A RUBBER INFLATABLE BAND AROUND THE UPPER PART OF THE STOMACH CREATING A SMALL STOMACH POUCH ABOVE THE BAND AND REMAINING STOMACH BELOW THE BAND. GASTRIC BAND SURGERY IS A MINIMALLY INVASIVE BARIATRIC SURGERY (WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY) AND IS CONSIDERED THE SAFEST OF THE PROCEDURES.
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