In November of 2007 the FDA approve the Realize® Adjustable Gastric Band for use in the United States.  Made by Cincinnati-based Ethicon Endo-Surgery (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson), the Realize Band® gives patients another excellent option for safe and effective weight loss.  Although a newcomer to the states, it has been used in hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide. 

Patients who choose the Realize Band® also get lifetime access to REALIZE mySuccess, a very personalized high-tech web-based tool for managing your diet and lifestyle after surgery to maximize your chance of success.

Dr. Curry is a leading Realize Band® surgeon, having done more of these procedures than nearly any other US surgeon and was chosen as one of 40 surgeons nationwide to serve as a faculty proctor for Ethicon Endo-Surgery to teach other surgeons how to do the procedure (see press release below).

In October of 2008, Dr. Curry was chosen as one of 7 US surgeons to travel to Prague, Czech Republic, and be one of the first Americans to implant the brand new Realize-C band. On November 24th, 2008, we will be the 2nd practice in the US to place a Realize-C® Band and will be one of the first practices able to offer this new band to patients.

If you would like to sign up for a REALIZE BAND® information session, click here!

Dr. Trace Curry Performs Realize Band® As Alternative To Lap Band Surgery As Treatment For Obesity, USA
November 29th, 2007

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/90174.php

Dr. Trace Curry performed surgery and placed the first five Realize(TM) 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.

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