lap band

noun

The lap band also requires multiple follow-up visits so that it can be tightened as patients adjust to eating smaller portions.

Where gastric bypass surgery requires carving up the abdomen, lap band is done via a small incision through the belly button.

It made headlines when you had your lap-band surgery last year.

Shortly after her birthday, Schroeder decided to get an adjustable gastric band known as the Lap-Band.

Stern got the Lap-Band five years ago at age 20 and subsequently developed anorexia.

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