2006-06-30 Five-Year Study of Morbidly Obese Finds Significant Benefits of the LAP-BAND(R) Procedure Over Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass: Financial News - Yahoo. Finance

The study compared a consecutive series of patients who underwent LAP-BAND (406) and LRYGB (492) for morbid obesity over a five-year period in a single institution. Most patients were able to choose between the LAP-BAND and laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures unless they were determined to be high risk (higher age, sex, male, super-super-obesity ((BMI greater than or equal to 60 kg/m2)), and presence of significant cardiopulmonary disease). All patients age, sex, BMI, complications, mortality and excess weight loss (EWL) were examined. The LAP-BAND group had a higher mean preoperative BMI, and the LAP-BAND group had more patients with BMI greater than or equal to 60 kg/m2 (14 vs. 9 pct. ; P 0. 05).

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Five-Year Study of Morbidly Obese Finds Significant Benefits of the LAP-BAND(R) Procedure Over Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass. - SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/ -- LAP-BAND and reg; System is less invasive, less risky than laparoscopic gastric bypass, according to a five-year study comparing the two most common weight-loss surgery procedures for the seriously overweight presented at this years