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Allergan Stops Lap-Band Sales to '1-800-Get-Thin' Surgeons - Medscape

Allergan Stops Lap-Band Sales to '1-800-Get-Thin' Surgeons
Medscape
February 4, 2012 — Medical device maker Allergan announced February 2 that it will no longer sell its gastric-banding device to a group of Southern California weight-loss surgery centers that are under intense scrutiny for their safety record, ...
Last updated at 5:08 PM on 4th February 2012Daily Mail
Companies behind gastric bypass bands refuse to sell to SoCal surgery centers89.3 KPCC
Allergan halts Lap-Band sales to 1-800-GET-THIN clinicsLos Angeles Times
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Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery - Fox News

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Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgery
Fox News
Critics argue that bariatric surgery has high rates of complications and that, ultimately, surgery does not change the behavior underlying obesity. The most vocal of the manufacturers is arguably Allergan Inc, the maker of Botox and breast implants.
Bariatric Surgery Should Be Covered By Insurance, Device Makers SayThirdAge

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Obesity Surgery Risk Score Helps Identify Potential Complications Say ... - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Obesity Surgery Risk Score Helps Identify Potential Complications Say ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
The Obesity Surgery Mortality Risk Score is a scoring system for identification and prediction of patients who may be at risk of mortality from undergoing weight loss surgery. Doctors at the Bluepoint Surgical Group in the Northern Virginia-Washington, ...
7 Points on Natural Orifice Bariatric Surgery in the ASC From Dr. Todd McCarty ...Becker's ASC Review

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The Floch brothers, bariatric surgeons, help patients battle obesity - The Hour

The Hour

The Floch brothers, bariatric surgeons, help patients battle obesity
The Hour
[Weight loss surgery's complications devastate some patients] http://www.modbee.com/2009/01/25/576733/weight-loss-surgerys-complications.html • 29.4% of patients died as a result of a direct technical complication of the procedure.
Device makers urge coverage of weight-loss surgeryReuters
Dr. Tom Brown, Doctors of Weight Loss Expert, Expands Colorado Bariatric ...PR Web (press release)
New Year - Time for a New YouKSAT San Antonio
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International Panel of Leading Bariatric Surgeons Reaches Consensus on Optimal ... - MarketWatch (press release)

International Panel of Leading Bariatric Surgeons Reaches Consensus on Optimal ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The panel, made up of 25 leading bariatric surgeons, compiled the consensus statement to help the surgical community continue to improve patient outcomes, minimize complications and move toward adoption of standardized techniques.

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