Plicated Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (Lap Band)

Inclusion Criteria

• •Subjects must meet the following criteria to be eligible for study entry:
• •Age between 18 - 80 years, and
• •Severely or Morbidly obese:
• •* BMI \> 35, or
• •* BMI \> 30 + co-morbid obesity related disease condition
• •Without any contraindications to bariatric surgery, and
• •Without any metabolic or medically correctable causes for obesity (eg. Untreated hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi, etc.)
• •Patients who have had previous LAGB surgery requiring revision for complications such as slippage, stalled weight loss or weight regain
• •Patients with any major medical problems contraindicating surgery
• •Patients with a medically treatable cause of obesity (eg. untreated hypothyroidism, Prader-Willi, etc.)
• •Patients who elect to undergo a surgery other than a PLAGB or SLAGB
• •Pregnant or planning pregnancy within 12 months
• •Alcohol or drug addiction
• •Established infection anywhere in the body at the time of surgery
• •Previous history of other bariatric surgery (except LAGB)
• •Family or patient history of autoimmune disease