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read my post on the dangers of the lap band before going through with the surgery. Please. Someone close to me died of the band . I posted many research articles in full not just the liitle abstract from google scholar. my forum post is called lap band dangers but you can just click on my profile and then click on my content .

read this too. the lap band was denied approval by fda in 2000. all of a sudden the next year it was approved by the fda without a comitee meeting. Something strange is going on between allergan and the FDA. Read the poor study results. Mean EWL is low. At the bottom it explains the panel denied approval in 2000.

FDA_Lap_Band_REFUSAL_(2000).pdf

I am posting some research articles that show lap bnad dangers. You have to read the whole article to understand them. You cant just read the abstract.
Ref._12_-_Fatal_Complications_of_Bariatric_Surgery.pdf
Ref._5_-_A_10-year_Experience_with_Laparoscopic_Gastric_Banding_for_Morbid_Obesity_High_Long-term_Complication_&_Failure_Rates.pdf
Ref._6_-_American_Society_for_Metabolic_&_Bariatric_Surgery_Position_Stmt._on_Emergency_Care_of_Patients_with_Complications_Related_to_Bariatric_Surgery.pdf
Ref._4_-_Long-term_Results,_Late_Complciations_&_Quality_of_Life_in_a_Series_of_Adjustable_Gastric_Banding.pdf

The lap band causes many complications. They say its minimally invasive but at least one third of patients need reoperations which can be much more dangerous thant the first operation. Also, a significant amount of patients dont lose much weight. The lap band company allergan is trying to get the band approved for bmi 30 to 35. Thats like everybody in this country. It's absurd. My opinion is try other methods to losing weight than wls. NYU is a dangerous place to get wls. read this department of health report I attached.