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		<title>LapBand Diet &#8211; After Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand Diet &#8211; After Surgery How should I Eat After Surgery? You need to pay attention to what you eat and how you eat it during the first three weeks following your lapband surgery.  Your diet should be limited mostly to liquids and soft food. The reason for this is that the body needs time [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand Erosion There are many terms that have become familiar to the lap band population because they are commonly used among doctors and patients.  One popular term is &#8220;LapBand&#8221; which stands for Laparoscopic Gastric Banding.  The term &#8220;LapBand Erosion&#8221; also became very popular among the banded patients as lap band message boards increased in popularity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Successful Weight Loss with LapBand Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many advantages to lap band surgery as a method of treating obesity. Of all gastric surgery methods, lapband surgery has the lowest mortality rate.]]></description>
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		<title>What If my Weight Loss Procedure Fails?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com - Patients can have minor or large complications after a Lap Band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric Bypass procedure.  Many patients may need another surgery to correct the complications, which can cost them more money. However,  medical complications are not always a result of a bariatric procedure failure...]]></description>
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		<title>DIET BEFORE LAPBAND</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DIET BEFORE LAPBAND Why a low Carbs Pre Lap-band Diet is Helpful? I am used to performing surgery on patients that have not done any pre-operatory diet mainly because many of them can’t follow any kind of diet and by asking for one just increases their stress before surgery. Long term carbohydrates and fat diets [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the LapBand Procedure for Anyone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the LapBand Procedure for Anyone? Almost 95% of individuals with a BMI of 30 or more are unable to lose weight using only diet, exercise or drugs. Actually, all individuals with a BMI lower then 35 are not accepted into any Bariatric Program and those with BMI between 35 to 40 are only accepted if they have co-morbidities such as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Surgical Weight Loss Procedure for Me?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the Best Surgical Weight Loss Procedure for Me?
I hear this question all the time and there is no single answer for every person.
You have to find your own answer by asking some questions...]]></description>
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		<title>LapBand Office Fills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 11:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand Office Fills Your LapBand fills are the most important part of the follow-up care that you need to succeed in your Weight Loss Journey. There is very little written about LapBand Office Fills. Many people assume that the &#8220;office fill&#8221; is the best way to have the LapBand adjusted.  Take some time to read through this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting to Know You&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Getting to Know You&#8230; Learn More About your Bariatric Surgeon Dr. Arturo Rodríguez is a highly skilled, compassionate surgeon with more than 13 years of surgical experience. He is a member of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and Johnson &#38; Johnson Proctor. He has performed more than 6,500 weight loss surgeries for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity: Is Fast Food Responsible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity: Is Fast Food Responsible? The reasons for obesity are multiple and complex.  Despite conventional wisdom, it is not simply a result of overeating.  Research has shown that in many cases, the significant underlying cause of morbid obesity is genetic. Studies have demonstrated that once the problem is established, efforts such as dieting and exercise programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LapBand Surgery in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand Surgery in Mexico When most people go away on vacation, it is to soak up the sun, see new things, meet new people, and to relax and &#8220;get away from it all.&#8221;  However, more and more people are going away to experience a different kind of tourism: medical tourism. This involves a person traveling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplified Gastric Bypass</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gastric Bypass is considered as the "gold standard" of Weight Loss Surgery by the American Society of Metabolic... ]]></description>
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		<title>THE IMPORTANCE OF LAPBAND POST-OP DIET</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2012 11:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    THE IMPORTANCE OF LAPBAND POST-OP DIET Why the post-op diet is so important, specifically the liquid phase after lapband surgery?  People seem to think that while they are in the liquid phase and can &#8220;cheat&#8221; by eating some solid foods nothing would happen but the truth is that lapband dislocation due to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity: Surgery as a Weight Loss Option</title>
		<link>http://arturorodriguezmd.com/obesity-surgery-as-a-weight-loss-option?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=obesity-surgery-as-a-weight-loss-option</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com - Morbid obesity is a disease of excess energy stores in the form of fat (BMI >40 kg/m2).  Being overweight is associated with many physical problems which are now well recognized...]]></description>
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		<title>John Daly and the Realize Band</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 09:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ John Daly and the Realize Band From when John Daly began playing golf at the age of 4 he showed a remarkable ability to play all aspects of the game. People around him knew that someday he would be one of the great golfers of history. In 1991, John was named by the PGA as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bariatric Procedures: Being More than Fans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bariatric Procedures: Being More than Fans The last 10 years I have been very busy participating in a lot of meetings around the world.  I have found, unfortunately, that we have spent such a long time discussing what procedures are the best for treating obesity that we have forgotten the main point, the core of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe exercises that can be done post Lap Band Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safe exercises that can be done post Lap Band Surgery After taking the plunge and getting Lap Band Surgery you&#8217;ll want to make sure that you are getting the most out of the procedure. First, you&#8217;ll work with your doctor to get a good diet plan going. After that you need to think about what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here is my Lapband Story&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is my Lapband Story...... http://www.thebariatric.com  I had heard so many Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories and realized that Lapband surgery was...

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		<title>Vertical Gastrectomy Procedures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:11:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vertical Gastrectomy Procedures The original procedure, conceived by Dr. D. Johnston in England, was called The Magenstrasse and Mill Operation. The stomach is stapled vertically and divided from the incisura angularis to reach the angle of His at the gastric fundus. Dr. Johnston&#8217;s procedure of leaving a long gastric tube that resembles the German highway [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking About Several Lap Bands? The Hidden Story Behind the Lap Band&#8230;PART I</title>
		<link>http://arturorodriguezmd.com/talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-different-lap-bandspart-i?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-different-lap-bandspart-i</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking about SEVERAL Lap Bands? The hidden story behind the Lap Band&#8230;PART I You find yourself searching through Doctors or Promoters websites and you don&#8217;t find information about the existence of different Lap Bands.  How come?  Why is this information so hard to find?  How long have there been different Lap band Models? When you visit message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Surgery after Bariatric Surgery (Lap band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric bypass)</title>
		<link>http://arturorodriguezmd.com/plastic-surgery-after-bariatric-surgery-lap-band-gastric-sleeve-or-gastric-bypass?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=plastic-surgery-after-bariatric-surgery-lap-band-gastric-sleeve-or-gastric-bypass</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plastic Surgery after Bariatric Surgery (Lap Band, Gastric sleeve or Gastric Bypass) I know many individuals that are attracted by the idea of starting over.  It&#8217;s important for an individual to discover what they did wrong, and how we can change.  There is a need to lose weight or to keep the weight off successfully, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE GASTRIC BANDS AND THE LAPBAND PROCEDURE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Gastric Bands and the Lap Band Procedure When the Lap Band Surgeon discusses the lap-band Weight Loss Surgery, he will also discuss the lap band surgery cost with the patient. But more important than understanding the lap-band surgery cost, the patient must understand what the lap band is and what is involved in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LapBand: Truth or Myth?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand: Truth or Myth? I can&#8217;t have a Lap Band Surgery if I am not Super-Obese: Every day we do more Lap Band Surgeries in overweight and mildly obese patients, especially if they have a family history of co-morbidities such as Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure or High Cholesterol. The tendency world wide is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>INTERNAL HERNIAS RELATED TO A GASTRIC BYPASS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INTERNAL HERNIAS RELATED TO A GASTRIC BYPASS   The internal hernias after a Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass may occur in 10 % of patients.  Early detection is important because they threaten the patient by causing intestinal obstruction, intestinal strangulation with perforation and peritonitis. It is very important to know that the Internal hernias often pass unnoticed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Answers to Gastric Sleeve Failures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Answers to Gastric Sleeve Failures The Gastric Sleeve is an open procedure, and is known as part of the Duodenal Switch since 1988.  The Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve on high risk patients started in 2004 as the first stage of the Duodenal Switch (DS) and soon after that date, several teams started Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Healthy Choices after Bariatric Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Food, Glorious Food! Making Healthy Choices after Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery can help you to lose weight, but you also have to make some long-term changes to your diet in order to see the best results.  Your stomach is much smaller after bariatric surgery, and can only hold a small amount of food.  It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Life with the Lapband</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Life with the Lapband My Journey&#8230; Boy how time flies! As I approach my 9th year Bandiversary, I started thinking how the Lapband has changed my life or how I had to change my life to live with the Lapband. First off, I thank God every day for showing me there was an option [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life After Gastric Bypass Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life After Gastric Bypass Surgery There are a number of important things to consider for patients after they have had Gastric Bypass Surgery. Take some time to read through the information and get informed if you are considering this procedure. Diet After having a gastric bypass, the modifications made to your gastrointestinal tract will require permanent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHEAP LapBand or Gastric Sleeve Costs &#8211; What Does it All Mean?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEAP Lap Band or Gastric Sleeve Costs &#8211; What Does it All Mean? July 6 (Health Day News) &#8212; Soaring U.S. medical costs are causing many Americans to take to the skies on &#8220;medical tourism&#8221; junkets, looking for high-quality yet low-priced health care at foreign clinics but experts also warn that the booming industry does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Talking about Several Lap Bands? The Hidden Story Behind the Lap Band&#8230;PART II</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are You Talking About Several Lap Bands? The Hidden Story Behind the Lap Band&#8230;PART II Since 2006, it has been reported world wide, that 200,000 Lap Band surgeries have been performed and that the Lap Band procedure is the fastest growing weight loss surgery in United States.  There are many different types and brands of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapband Surgery in Mexico&#8230;The Obvious Choice</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lapband Surgery in Mexico&#8230;The Obvious Choice With health care costs skyrocketing in the United States, more and more medical procedures are being performed abroad. Mexico is quickly becoming a very popular country for medical procedures especially for those people who do not have insurance. Lap Band Surgery is a surgical procedure which helps extremely overweight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Ways to Succeed with the LapBand</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Ways to Succeed with the Lap Band Here are some helpful tips to help you succeed with the Lap-Band on a long-term basis. Before you have the Gastric LapBand: 1. Search for the Right Doctor for You Many companies or groups claim to be the Best Experts in LapBand surgery.  However, it is important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The success rate of Lap Band Surgery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The success rate of Lap Band Surgery Over 58 million Americans today or overweight or obese; this number increases everyday and now we are even seeing childhood obesity. Weight gain can be attributed to many different factors such as genetics, some medications, poor diet and lack of exercise. Fast food is often the answer for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LapBand Leaks: What You Should Know</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Lapband leak is suspected when a patient that previously had adequate restriction feels a change in the degree of restriction. This can happen suddenly or over a period of time, depending on the size of the leak. If there is a leak of the lap band, the band will not be able to be adequately filled and will not provide restriction, or function properly. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass? That is the Question!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lap Band, Gastric Sleeve or Gastric Bypass? That is the Question! The Bariatric surgical field has experienced extraordinary changes over the past 55 years. With the initial empiric use of Intestinal Bypass surgery in 1954 by Kremen, Linner and Nelson at the University of Minnesota, severe obesity was identified as a disease that could be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lapband Slippage: Causes &amp; Prevention</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 08:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the long-term complications of lap band surgery is called "Lapband slippage"...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 07:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<title>Have Lap Band Surgery for Less in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[between the United States and Mexico, patients can receive the exact same Lap band procedure in Mexico for up to 70% less than in the states. ]]></description>
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		<title>My Surgery Story&#8211;De-Banding and Gastric Sleeve</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subject: My surgery story -  de-banding and gastric sleeve   21/08/09       I just got back from Mexico, where Dr. Arturo Rodriguez performed the gastric sleeve surgery for me. (Warning&#8230; long post coming up!)Four years ago tomorrow, I had the Lap-Band surgery with Dr. Rodriguez.For a variety of reasons, the band didn&#8217;t work for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Band Erosion: Clinical, Radiological and Endoscopic Correlation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LapBand Erosion: Clinical, Radiological and Endoscopic Correlation Erosion is a long-term complication of lap band surgery, and occurs when the Gastric Band fastened around the upper stomach gradually erodes into the stomach wall and extends into the gastric lumen.  Intragastric LapBand Erosions have been reported at rates that vary from 0.6% to 10% depending of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why My Weight Loss Procedure Can Fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why My Weight Loss Procedure Can Fail? The first and most important step to minimize the chances of failure from a Bariatric procedure and to increase your success rate is to be well informed about each one of the surgeries before you choose any of them. What should you know about Weight Loss Surgery? How does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Band Trials &#8211; Reviewing the Results</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lap Band Trials &#8211; Reviewing the Results I would like to review an issue that was recently presented to me the other day regarding lap band trials.   As a number of companies produce the Lap Bands used for the surgical procedure, comparisons have been made in the past between different brands.   Testing trials were held by Inamed (in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Laparoscopic Journey: Past and Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.thebariatric.com  Our History - The knowledge that we have today about laparoscopy has developed through the patience, hard-work and ...]]></description>
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		<title>Losing Weight During The Holidays</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Losing Weight During the Holidays Holidays are a time to enjoy family and friends, and get-togethers almost always center around good food and conversation.  Everyone brings delicious foods and desserts to numerous parties and gatherings, and life can get very busy and hectic, leaving little time for your regular exercise routine. For someone who is trying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary, Lap-Band Success</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 23:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Arturo Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mary, Lap-Band Success MY JOURNEY OF LIFE   Ok—so that may sound a little dramatic, but I truly feel that this journey of weight loss has been more than just losing weight.  It has changed more than just the number on the scale—I have a new outlook on life, a healthier way to live and [...]]]></description>
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