gastric band

British

noun

an adjustable band fitted inside the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight

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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

Other types of weight loss surgery include a gastric band, which makes the stomach smaller, and a gastrectomy, where a part of the stomach is removed.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2014

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