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Adjustable Gastric Band for surgical weight loss

By: Meg Dilts

AGB works primarily by decreasing food intake. Food intake is limited by placing a small bracelet-like band around the top of the stomach to produce a small pouch about the size of a thumb. The outlet size is controlled by a circular balloon inside the band that can be inflated or deflated with saline solution to meet the needs of the patient.


Source: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, National Institutes of Health


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