how bout banding or sleeve gastrectomy? and a lot of it is about changing how you eat too as band failures(not losing or keeping off weight) are common if they keep eating like they did before the surgery how bout banding or sleeve gastrectomy? and a lot of it is about changing how you eat too as band failures(not losing or keeping off weight) are common if they keep eating like they did before the surgeryIn some areas banding has been discontinued because of complications. The sleeve is replacing it, but still needs to have kinks worked out. Not that much of a disfference from the staple IMHO