Dr. Trace Curry Performs Realize Band As Alternative To Lap Band Surgery As Treatment For Obesity, USA

Main Category: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness
Also Included In: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery
Article Date: 29 Nov 2007 - 3:00 PDT

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Dr. Trace Curry performed surgery and placed the first five RealizeTM Adjustable Gastric Bands in the state of Ohio on Tuesday, November 13, 2007. All five patients are reported as doing well. Dr. Curry was the first surgeon in the state of Ohio to place the new Realize Band in patients as an alternative to the Lap Band for the surgical treatment of the disease of obesity.

"With the emergence of the new Realize Band into the marketplace, individuals seeking treatment for obesity now have greater choices when considering their options for laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. The Realize band, like the Lap Band, continues to be the safest, least invasive surgical treatment for obesity," stated Dr. Curry. In late September, the Food and Drug Administration approved the Ethicon Endo-Surgery Realize Band, introducing competition towards Allergan's dominance in the adjustable gastric banding market.

"As a bariatric surgeon, my focus is always on the patient and giving them the best tools available to achieve long-term, sustainable weight loss," said Dr. Trace Curry, head of The Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery in Cincinnati, and medical director of JourneyLite of Cincinnati, an outpatient bariatric surgery center scheduled to open in early spring of 2008. "I expect each patient to continue to do well in their recovery, and like the LAP-BAND® System, the Realize Band should help them achieve - and sustain - their weight loss. My patients couldn't be happier."

About Dr. Trace Curry

Dr. Trace Curry is a Cincinnati native and board-certified general surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive bariatric surgery for the treatment of obesity. He has performed well over 1,500 laparoscopic gastric bands and bypasses, making him one of the most experienced laparoscopic bariatric surgeons in the region.

Dr. Curry has performed more laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedures than any other surgeon in the state of Ohio. He is the only surgeon in the region who has been chosen by both Allergan and Ethicon Endo-Surgery to be a proctor to teach other surgeons how to perform laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding with both the LAP-BAND® System and the Realize Adjustable Gastric Band.

The Surgical Review Corporation certifies Dr. Curry's practice as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence.

http:// www.thebanddoctor.com.