gastric band
Britishnoun
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A woman from Falkirk has died while undergoing gastric band surgery in Turkey.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023
The gastric band is rarely performed now due to its high rates of complication and failure.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2023
Even leaving aside the gastric band issue, the idea that the bypass and sleeve surgeries were a mechanical fix, by limiting the amount of food a patient could eat, did not seem right.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2016
Inabnet and his team spent the first forty-five minutes of Roberts’s surgery meticulously removing the adhesions of his old gastric band from his liver, abdominal wall, and small intestine.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2016
The bigger challenge, though, is making the NHS more productive overall when finances are as tight as a gastric band.
From Economist • Apr. 28, 2016
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