Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery is the treatment given for the overweight persons. It is mainly a surgery or operation which is done by using a tiny camera called laparoscope. While Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery , the surgeon places a band just about the upper part of the stomach to make a very small pouch hold food of about one ounce.
Gastric bypass or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is primarily a weight-loss surgery. Also known as Bariatric Surgery, it works on making the stomach smaller and digestive system shorter. In this, a tiny portion of the stomach is used to create a new stomach pouch, about the size of an egg, known as the gastric bypass.