bY NO MEANS SHOULD OFFENSE BE TAKEN TO THIS: HOWEVER, THIS INFORMATION IS OUTDATED AND WAS GATHERED AT LEAST 5 YEARS BEFORE IT WAS PRINTED. AS WELL, IS UNTRUE AND RECENT SCIENCE HAS PROVED IT. THE DATE IS SKEWED. DATA CONTAINING STATISTICS COMBINING RNYAND LAP BAND PROCEDURES TO GATHER AN IDEA AS A SIGNIFICANT STANDARD IS WRONG. LAP BAND AND RNY DO HAVE THE SAME IDEAL GOAL, HOWEVER WORK DIFFERENTLY AND HAVE VERY CONTRASTING RESULTS. I WOULD SUGGESTION ANYONE TO CHECK OUT STATISTICS FOR EACH INDIVIDUALLY COMPARED. FOR EXAMPLE, RNY DOES NOT REQUIRE FREQUENT TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL. LAP BAND DOES AS YOU HAVE TO KEEP GETTING THE BAND FILLED(TIGHTENED)OR LOSENED PROBABLY ABOUT MONTHLY. NOT WITH RNY. THE STATISTIC THAT DUMPING OCCURS ABOUT 67%OF THE TIME IS ALSO NOT TRUE. THAT RESEARCH, AGAIN, WAS DONE WHEN WASNT MUCH TO KNOW ABOUT IT. NOW THAT IT IS PROVEN THAT PRETTY MUCH CERTAIN KINDS OF SUGARS, FATS, FOODS, ETC CAUSE IT, IT IS MOSTLY IF NOT TOTALLY AVOIDABLE. I COULD GO ON, BUT THIS IS NOT A SCIENCE PROJECT.

RESEARCH EACH ONE SEPARATELY AND COMPARE THEM SEPARATELY. ANY GRAPH OR NUMBERS THAT COMPARE IN GROUPS HAVE SKEWED STATISTICS, ESPECIALLY WHEN COMPARING LAP BAND TO RNY. TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN RESULTS AND SIDE EFFECTS.