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Recent Publications of Note
Prominent laparoscopic surgeons have documented their BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System
experience in over 300 articles and abstracts published since 1993. Their study results and
commentaries have appeared in some of the world's most respected medical journals.
Abu-Abeid S., Keidar A., Szold A., Resolution of chronic medical conditions after laparoscopic
adjustable silicone gastric banding for the treatment of morbid obesity in the elderly, Surgical
Endoscopy, 15, 2001, 132-134.
Belachew M., Legrand M., Vincent V., Lismonde M., Le Docte N., Deschamps V., Laparoscopic
Adjustable Gastric Banding, World Journal of Surgery 22, (9) 1998, 955-963.
Dixon J.B., Dixon M.E., O'Brien P.E., Quality of life after LAP-BAND® Placement - Influence of Time,
Weight Loss and Comorbidities, Obesity Research, 9:11, 2001, 713-721.
Dixon J.B., O'Brien P.E., Health outcomes of severely obese type 2 diabetic subjects 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, Diabetes Care, 25-2, 2002, 358-363.
O'Brien P.E., Brown W.A., Smith A., McMurrick P.J., Stephens M., Prospective study of a laparoscopically placed, adjustable gastric band in the treatment of morbid obesity, British Journal of Surgery, 85, 1999, 113-118.
Please visit the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND System Bibliography page for the complete BioEnterics®
LAP-BAND® System bibliography.
Recent Report — Weight Loss with the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System
Improves Diabetes
Australian researchers report that the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System surgery that limits the
amount of food entering the stomach dramatically improved the health of seriously obese people
with type 2 diabetes (Dixon J.B., O'Brien P.E., Health Outcomes of Severely Obese Type 2 Diabetic
Subjects 1 Year After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, Diabetes Care, 25-2, 2002, 358-363).
In a study involving 50 obese diabetic patients (out of the 500 presenting for the BioEnterics®
LAP-BAND® System surgery), 32 (64%) had remission of their diabetes a year following the
surgery, and 13 (26%) had "major improvement" in control of blood sugar levels, according to
Professor Paul O'Brien and Dr. John Dixon at the Monash University surgery department at A
lfred Hospital in Melbourne. The surgery also resulted in improved blood pressure, cholesterol,
sleep patterns, depression and overall quality of life. The authors say they have used the gastric
band as a primary obesity treatment since 1994.
The patients in the study were considered seriously overweight, averaging 300 pounds and 5 feet,
6 inches tall. All had tried unsuccessfully for at least five years to lose weight. It has long been known
that weight loss can stop diabetes and improve overall health, but "conventional weight-loss methods (non-surgical) almost always fail to produce significant sustainable weight loss," says co-author
John Dixon. One year after the BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System surgery, the researchers report,
study participants' weight averaged 242 pounds, and weight loss has continued since the study
ended.
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