TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Kamal Abdelrazek Abdelhady AU - Ayman Salah Eldeen Helmy , AU - Hany Ali Nawara , AU - Mahmoud Ali Shaker , TI - Surgery for morbid obesity laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) versuslaparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty LVBG / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Kamal Abdelrazek Abdelhady , KW - LAGB KW - LVBG KW - Morbid obesity laparoscopic N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The esults of this comparative study do not favor a particular technique. A mean observation time of only (12 months) and the small number of the patients (60 patients) is not enough to arrive a final conclusion. Of course, larger series with longer period of follow up will be more informative. From our small thesis we can conclude that more long-term complications are likely to occur in LAGB. However, this may be largely attributed to the relatively short period of follow up UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -