The U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) recommends weight loss surgery and has endorsed weight loss surgery as the only effective means of inducing significant weight loss for the vast majority of severely obese patients.
You can find information on bariatric gastric bypass at your local gastroenterlogist's office. You can find one in the local phone book's yellow pages under Physicians.
There are many sites that offer information about gastric bypass surgery. One such place can be found here: http://www.gastricbypass.com/Whole.htm You can also speak with your doctor for more information.
I can understand your need to find more information on banding gastric bypass. Here is a website that I believe would be beneficial for you http://www.orlandohealth.com/orlandoregionalmedicalcenter/OurMedicalSpecialties/WeightLossBariatricMetabolicSurgery.aspx?pid=6145&gclid=CJHkpruh5qoCFY8j7AodAy5J9Q.
To find more information on Gastric Banding and related operations check out Wikipedia's page on gastric banding. Also check for information on WebMd. If you have further questions consult your healthcare provider.
You can find before and after pictures at your doctor's look book. Also, you can find some great before and after pictures on this website. http://www.obeseinfo.com/before_after_gastric_bypass_surgery.htm
You can go on Web MD to find your answers to your questions about stomach banding. It should be able to tell you that risks such as pros and cons about stomach banding.
Ontario, Canada offers many different places to have gastic bypass surgery. One of the most recommended is Ontario Bariatric Network; here is the website: http://www.ontariobariatricnetwork.ca/Roux-en-Y-Gastric-Bypass-Surgery.aspx.
This website has many personal stories from many different people after they went through gastric bypass surgery http://www.arthritisgoutdiet.net/. Its even shows some pictures.
In order to find the proper information regarding bypass surgery, you must know what type of bypass it is that you require. Heart bypass and gastric bypass information may be found through Wikipedia.
To find out more about gastric banding surgeons go to this site http://www.locateadoc.com/surgery-guide.cfm/bariatric-surgery-weight-loss/gastric-banding-surgery. This site has a wealth of information on how to find a doctor and recovery after the surgery.
While you really should talk to your doctor about laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, you can find information online at www.lapband.com and webmd.com.
There are a lot of medical websites and blogs that contain information on gastric banding. To name a few, one could try websites such as Web MD and Mills Medical.