FDA Conducts Lap-Band Surgery Study

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will conduct a  Lap Band surgery study for overweight adolescents. In recent years, Lap Band surgeries (a form of weight loss surgery using the FDA-approved LAP-BAND® System) have exploded in popularity. As a result, the FDA wants to know how effective this type of surgery is for adolescents.

The surgery study will be conducted in five states and will be free of charge for selected patients. The FDA will conduct 25 Lap Band surgeries in each of those states.

The FDA is looking for qualified adolescents to take part in the Lap Band surgery study. Patients must be between the ages of 14 and 17 and must be at least 100 pounds overweight.

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