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Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Bariatric Surgery

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The laparoscopic adjustable gastric band form of bariatric surgery is less common today than in previous years, but new research shows nearly 1 in 5 Medicare patients who had had it between 2006 and 2013 needed a second operation.

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