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Weight Loss Seminar

Free information sessions

Plaza Medical Center hosts and coordinates twice–monthly meetings for prospective bariatric patients.

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Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding

The procedure is a purely restrictive one in which a band is placed around the uppermost part of the stomach. This band partitions the stomach into two sections − one small and one somewhat larger. Since the stomach is divided into smaller parts, most patients feel full faster. The band can be adjusted if the rate of weight loss is deemed to be insufficient. Food digestion occurs in a physiologically normal sequence.