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LAP-BAND Ad Highlights Safety Compared to Bypass, Sleeve

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In the June ASMBS-issue of Bariatric Times, Allergan, the makers of the LAP-BAND System, launched a new professional promotional campaign entitled: “The BOLD Facts”. 

This new campaign features LAGB’s Total Complication rate vs. Sleeve Gastrectomy and Gastric Bypass within one year of discharge from the “Baseline data from ASMBS-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database.” The study on bariatric surgeries was published by Eric J. DeMaria, M.D. in SOARD May 30, 2009. 

The Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database^SM (BOLD^SM) was developed to help ensure ongoing compliance with the center of excellence (COE) programs it administers and develop general knowledge about optimal bariatric surgery practices. BOLD is now the largest and most comprehensive repository of clinical bariatric surgery patient information.

The upshot of the first ad in this campaign is that laparoscopic bands have lower total complication rates when compared to gastric sleeves or gastric bypass surgeries.

Despite the claims about the safety of the sleeve and bypass, the band still comes out ahead in this study on a very large sample of patients across the nation.

The graphic below spells it out, but it bears repeating: Gastric sleeve surgeries had three times the complication rate of bands, and gastric bypass surgeries had four times the rate of complication compared to LAP-BAND Surgeries.

If you're interested in learning more about the safer bariatric surgery option, check out our page that compares LAP-BAND, Bypass and Sleeves and get free information about LAP-BAND Surgery.