The study involved 151 consecutive patients receiving lap-band surgery (using a device made by Bio-Enterics) from 1994 to 1997. Himpens and colleagues tried to contact them by telephone and mail ...

In San Diego, a hotbed of lap-band surgery in outpatient centers, ASCs operated by Surgery One still have to rely on cash-paying patients. Payors only cover lap-band patients in the hospital, says ...

She thought about surgery, some family members had done it with great success. She even talked to a doctor about the lap-band, but realized that surgery wasn't for her.

When it comes to weight loss surgery, the lap band procedure is one of the most popular, but doctors say in many cases the weight either never comes off or soon returns.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Governor Chris Christie underwent LAP-BAND surgery in February. It's a less invasive stomach surgery to help obese people lose weight. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl is On ...

The band is a tool to assist you with your weight loss, not a miracle cure. I totally had to change my bad eating habits because I realized that I used food as comfort and to make me happy.

Christie's Lap-Band surgery, performed laparoscopically, was less-invasive. May 7, 2013— -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie revealed earlier this week that he had secretly undergone Lap-Band ...

• With lap-band surgery, weight loss is slower and less dramatic than with gastric bypass. • Other well-known lap-band patients include New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and actor Brian Dennehy.

• With lap-band surgery, weight loss is slower and less dramatic than with gastric bypass. • Other well-known lap-band patients include New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan and actor Brian Dennehy.

During a Lap-Band operation, a band is secured around the stomach, restricting its size. Patients, as a result, feel fuller on less food. Alex Brecher, shown pre-surgery, had weighed 255 pounds.

A second Lap-Band firm is warnedThe Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on a second Southern California firm it says is using misleading ads to promote Lap-Band weight-loss surgery. The ...