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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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The disadvantages of gastric band surgery are that the weight loss may not be as high as with some of the other bariatric procedures, for example, a sleeve or a bypass, and also the gastric band itself, we know that over a 5 or 10 year span, about 30-40% of patients who have a band may require further surgery because the band can stop working for many reasons. It can slip down the stomach, it can erode through the wall of the stomach, it can become infected, the port can dislodge. So about 30-40% of patients will need further surgery after a gastric band surgery over a 5-10 year period. you
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