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Weight Loss Surgery
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Companies Want Medicare to Cover Obesity Surgery (05/25/2005, Reuters Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Gastrointestinal Surgery for Severe Obesity (NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Obesity Surgery (American Obesity Association)
- Surgery for Obesity: What Is It and Is It for You? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Treatment
- Treatment
- Gastric Bypass Surgery
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- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Procedure (slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
- Minimally Invasive Treatment for Morbid Obesity (slp 3D) - Requires media player - One hour program
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Gastric Bypass Procedure: Questions and Answers (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
- Implanted Stomach Band to Treat Severe Obesity Approved (Food and Drug Administration)
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Procedure (Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Several Factors Contribute to Complications Following Weight Loss Surgery (American Medical Association)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Obesity (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Gastric Bypass (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Treatment for Extremely Obese Americans Who Suffer Life-Threatening Illnesses Finds Weight-Loss Surgery More Effective (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)