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The Normal Digestive Process How does surgery promote weight loss? What are the surgical options? Adjustable Gastric Band Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Gastric Sleeve Biliopancreatic Bypass With a Duodenal Switch   What are the complications of these operations?

Open and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents Medical Costs Is surgery for you? Research Additional Reading Additional Resource Weight Loss Procedures Calculate your Body Mass Indes (BMI)

 

 

 

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