Current medical research and opinion
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Clinical Trial Observational Study
Efficacy and safety of the adjustable gastric band - pooled interim analysis of the APEX and HERO studies at 48 weeks.
This 48 week combined analysis reports safety and clinical effectiveness of the LAP-BAND AP * laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) in severely obese patients enrolled in the 5 year, prospective, observational, open-label APEX (NCT00501085) and HERO (NCT00953173) studies. ⋯ This analysis demonstrates the effective weight loss and safety profile of the current LAGB system, with US patients achieving better weight loss than patients from outside the US.