
Lap-Band

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about the adjustable gastric band at a local seminar or online
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Two types:
This is the least
invasive, most reversible surgical option.
In this procedure, a restrictive band is
placed around the upper part of the stomach so a patient feels
full after just a few bites of food. The doctor can control the
amount of food that passes through by increasing or decreasing
the size of the band— according to each patient’s individual
weight-loss needs.
• The band can be removed if complications arise.
• In 97% of cases, the procedure is done laparoscopically on an
outpatient
basis.
• Results in an average of a 75% weight reduction in three
years.
• Lap-Band approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2001,
Realize
Band approved in 2007.
• People who have this procedure can usually return home the
same day of the
surgery or the next morning.
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