Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding versus Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass in Management of Morbid Obesity

Obesity is rapidly increasing in this country and represents one ofthe greatest health concerns today. In its severe form, the onlyconsistently successful treatment for obesity is surgery. Roux-en-Ygastric bypass is the most commonly performed weight loss procedureperformed. Patients lose, on average, one third of their preoperativeweight. As a result, many/most of the obesity-related comorbidities areimproved or cured. Until the root cause of obesity is consistentlyaddressed or effective nonsurgical therapies developed, surgery willremain a common treatment for patients with severe obesity.Obesity SurgeryNumerous surgical techniques have been developed for thetreatment of severe obesity. The most common obesity surgeryprocedures performed the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass and the VerticalBanded Gastroplasty.Treatment may include a combination