http://arturorodriguezmd.com Lapband, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve,Type 2 Diabetes, Weight loss Surgery, Obesity, Life after Lapband, Lapband Prices Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:25:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-different-lap-bandspart-i?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-different-lap-bandspart-i http://arturorodriguezmd.com/talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-different-lap-bandspart-i#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:26:10 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=127 Talking about SEVERAL Lap Bands? The hidden story behind the Lap Band…PART I You find yourself searching through Doctors or Promoters websites and you don’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 [...]

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]]> http://arturorodriguezmd.com/plastic-surgery-after-bariatric-surgery-lap-band-gastric-sleeve-or-gastric-bypass/feed 6 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/my-life-with-the-lapband?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-life-with-the-lapband http://arturorodriguezmd.com/my-life-with-the-lapband#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:42:21 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=399 My Life with the Lapband My Journey… Boy how time flies!  As I approach my 5th 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 [...]

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]]> http://arturorodriguezmd.com/cheap-lap-band-or-gastric-sleeve-prices-what-all-does-it-mean/feed 9 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/are-you-talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-the-lap-bandpart-ii?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-the-lap-bandpart-ii http://arturorodriguezmd.com/are-you-talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-the-lap-bandpart-ii#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:48:39 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=141 Are You Talking About Several Lap Bands? The Hidden Story Behind the Lap Band…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 [...]

]]> http://arturorodriguezmd.com/are-you-talking-about-several-lap-bands-the-hidden-story-behind-the-lap-bandpart-ii/feed 2 http://arturorodriguezmd.com/lapband-erosion-clinical-radiological-and-endoscopic-correlation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lapband-erosion-clinical-radiological-and-endoscopic-correlation http://arturorodriguezmd.com/lapband-erosion-clinical-radiological-and-endoscopic-correlation#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:43:56 +0000 Dr. Arturo Rodriguez http://arturorodriguezmd.com/?p=36 Lap Band 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 Lap Band Erosions have been reported at rates that vary from 0.6% to 10% depending [...]

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