Renaming banded procedures to ‘Ring-augmented procedures’ would provide clarity for researchers and patients

Renaming banded procedures to ‘Ring-augmented procedures’ would provide clarity for researchers and patients

In March 2024, an international group of bariatric and metabolic experts wrote a letter, published in Obesity Surgery(1), calling for a renaming of bariatric procedures so a clear distinction could be made between ‘band’ and ‘ring’ procedures. We spoke with the co-author of the letter, Professor Mohamed Hany from Alexandria University and Consultant of Bariatric Surgery at Madina Women’s Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, who explained why he believes…