Stomach Banding Surgery Effective For Adolescents, Study Finds

... Lap band surgery appears to be an effective procedure to combat obesity in adolescents, according to a new study conducted at NYU Medical Center. It is the first study to evaluate the lap band in patients under the age of 17, and it revealed that patients on average lost about 50 percent of their excess weight by one year after surgery. The study is published in the January issue of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. ...