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Bypass Helps, Doesn't Cure Diabetes
November 28, 2012 12:16 pm | News | CommentsAfter gastric bypass surgery, diabetes goes away for some people—often even before they lose much weight. So does that mean gastric surgery "cures" diabetes? Not necessarily, according to the largest community-based study of long-term diabetes outcomes after bariatric surgery. For most people in the study, e-published in advance of print in Obesity Surgery, diabetes either never remitted after gastric surgery or relapsed within five years.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsSupport Tool For REALIZE® Adjustable Gastric Band Patients
July 12, 2010 8:06 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. (EES) recently announced an 18-month data analysis demonstrating that REALIZE® Adjustable Gastric Band (shown) patients who consistently utilized the company’s REALIZE mySUCCESS® Program lost significantly more weight compared to those who inconsistently used the program.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsStreamlined Design For Larger Patients
July 13, 2009 10:49 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsEthicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. introduces the REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band-C, a new gastric band with a streamlined design that eases placement and has an expanded adjustment range that can accommodate larger patients. The REALIZE Band-C has the same clinically proven high-volume, low-pressure system as the original REALIZE Band, but offers additional features, including: A 14 percent greater stoma adjustment range to accommodate larger patients.
LISTED UNDER: Gastic Banding ProductsAdjustable Gastric Banding System
November 13, 2007 5:59 am | Ethicon Endo-Surgery | Product Releases | CommentsThe REALIZE™ Adjustable Gastric Band is a surgical implant for weight reduction and improvement in obesity-related health conditions in individuals suffering from morbid obesity. In a gastric band procedure with the REALIZE Band, a soft, adjustable silicone band is wrapped around the stomach to create two chambers—a small upper stomach with a narrow opening to the lower stomach.
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