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Lap band surgery for extreme obesity also reduces knee pain as patients lose weight, doctors say
He adds it is likely that knee joints and cartilage become so damaged after a certain point that there is little cushion left for weight loss to preserve. The research team found that people in their 40s reported nearly twice as much pain relief after lap-band as those who had the surgery in their 50s.
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