ARE YOU ELIGIBLE?
You may be eligible for gastric band surgery if:
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You are at least 100 pounds overweight.
- You have been overweight for more than 5 years.
- You are prepared to make healthy changes in lifestyle .
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What is Gastric Lap Band surgery? A minimally invasive procedure that places an adjustable ring - or band - around the upper part of the stomach.
Gastric Lap Band surgery is used to limit food intake and aid in weight reduction. Gastric Lap Band surgery involves applying a Lap Band around the stomach, which makes a small gastric pouch and a regulated opening to the stomach. The band is used to restrict the amount of food that the stomach will contain in a given time. The Gastric Lap Band lives up to its name by adjusting to the patient's needs by inflation or deflation of the band. The surgery has a number of other advantages which include: fully reversible simply by removing the band, less invasive on the abdominal wall and stomach, reduced surgical trauma and pain, considered the least invasive method of weight loss surgery, shorter hospital stays than average surgery.
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The Gastric Lap Band is unique in that in respects the normal processes of the stomach. The Gastric Lap Band's inflatable ring controls the flow of food from the small gastric pouch to the rest of the digestive tract. A small amount of food will leave the patient full, but content. This feeling will continue for a few hours, reducing the patient's temptation to eat between meals.
TRAINING TIPS
- Seek out a proper amount of exercise.
- Stay hydrated at all times.
- Stretch before and after working out.
- Get adequate rest.
THE LAP BAND SYSTEM PROCEDURE
- Your surgeon implants the band around the upper part of your stomach
- A tube is connected from the gastric band to an access port under the skin
- Adjustments are made as needed to maintain optimal weight loss