What are the disadvantages of gastric band surgery?

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What are the disadvantages of gastric band surgery?

Although the Gastric band has some advantages over other bariatric surgeries in terms of fewer complications and less invasiveness, the disadvantage is that the percentage of weight loss with the gastric band is quite lower than that of other bariatric surgeries.

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