As of September of this year, there is a “new” option for gastric banding surgery in the United States. It’s a product called the REALIZEâ„¢ Adjustable Gastric Band, and it’s manufactured by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., which is a Johnson and Johnson company. (For the sake of simplicity, I’ll refer to it as the Realize Band [...]
Realize Band – New Gastric Banding Product
Alternatives to Weight Loss Surgery
Recently, I conducted some research online to see what kinds of topics people are researching with regard to weight loss surgery. I was disappointed to find that hundreds of people search the phrase weight loss surgery every day, while only a handful search the phrase alternatives to weight loss surgery (and variations). I was disappointed [...]
MFA the Latest Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence
MFA Division of Bariatric Surgery Named Center of Excellence for High-Quality Care In Bariatric Surgery WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (MFA) Division of Bariatric Surgery announced today that it has been named an American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. The ASMBS [...]
