Meanings of gastric bands in inglés

Indeed, in among the talk of overweight children and gastric bands lay a vast number of rotten teeth.

But there is a 93-fold variation in the proportion of patients who are allowed surgery such as gastric bands.

Patients who choose gastric bands may do so because the surgery is less invasive and the device can be removed.

Talk to the man or woman in the street and that will translate into Botox, breast implants and gastric bands.

In an editorial accompanying the new study, Dr. Jon Gould disagrees with the study authors' suggestion that insurance companies stop reimbursing for gastric bands.

Bariatric surgery, such as the fitting of gastric bands, can cut the risk of death from obesity-related problems such as heart disease and diabetes.

A report analyzing international data on laparoscopic adjustable gastric bands identified 3 deaths in 5,827 patients (approximately 1 in 2,000).

Gastric bands were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2001, Dimick and colleagues note in JAMA Surgery.