According to a study from Spain, the amount of weight loss five years after weight loss surgery was as follows:

• 66 percent of excess weight lost after gastroplasty


• 69 percent of excess weight lost after gastric bypass


• 79 percent of excess weight lost after duodenal switch.

Read the entire article | Email this article

For morbidly obese patients, the duodenal switch procedure is more successful than vertical banded gastroplasty according to a study from Spain. Read the entire article | Email this article

Vertical banded gastroplasty weight loss surgery is less successful than gastric bypass according to a review paper on obesity surgery by Dan Eisenberg and others from the Yale School of Medicine. Read the entire article | Email this article

EIGHTY MORBIDLY OBESE PATIENTS lost an average of 75.7 pounds after having their stomach's banded with an adjustable silicone gastric band. Read the entire article | Email this article

TWO YEARS AFTER GASTRIC SURGERY patients consuming the most sugar had lost the most weight according to a recent study. Read the entire article | Email this article

Vertical Banded Gastroplasty weight loss surgery seems to be more effective than Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding according to a recent study. Patients who underwent Vertical Banded Gastroplasty lost 87 percent of their excess weight after six months compared to 50 percent in patients given Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding. Read the entire article | Email this article