title: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding in bariatric surgery: an overview of the LAP-BAND. Introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. S.E. MMC 290, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. buchw001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Buchwald
authors.forename: Sayeed
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikramuddin
mesh_terms: D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*