What are the advantages and disadvantages of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band? So the advantages of a laparoscopic adjustable gastric band are that it is a reversible procedure, it is a straightforward easy procedure, It does not have significant short-term complications and it results in about 20% weight loss on average. The disadvantages of this procedure are that the majority of the people who will have a gastric band inserted at some point will need to have the gastric band removed in the future due to slippage or due to excessive reflux, due to isophageal dilatation and due to failure to maintain the weight loss.