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Adjustable Weight LossThe LAP-BAND® System is the only adjustable and reversible weight-loss surgery available in the United States and the only weight-loss surgery approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Once placed around the stomach, tubing connects the LAP-BAND® to an access port fixed beneath the skin of your abdomen. Using a needle to access a port placed just below the surface of the skin, the band can be inflated to increase food restriction or deflated to allow more food to pass through your stoma.The diameter of the band can be modified to meet your individual needs, which can change as you lose weight. For example, pregnant patients can expand their band to accommodate a growing fetus, while patients who aren’t experiencing significant weight loss can have their bands tightened.
1. Executive summary: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding for the treatment of obesity (Update and Re-appraisal). The Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIPS) 2002; 1. (Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery, like the LAP-BAND® surgery, is associated with a mean short-term mortality rate of around 0.05% compared to 0.50% for Gastric Bypass and 0.31% for Vertical Banded Gastroplasty.) Disclaimer: As with any surgery, there are specific risks and possible complications associated with the LAP-BAND® System surgery. Talk to your doctor to determine if you are a candidate for the LAP-BAND® System. |
The Lap-Band®The LAP-BAND® System OverviewThe LAP-BAND® System is an adjustable gastric band that helps you lose excess body weight by reducing the stomach capacity and restricting the amount of food you eat at each meal. The LAP-BAND® System procedure alter your stomach anatomy or re-rout your intestine to bypass normal digestion. The LAP-BAND® System is the only adjustable and reversible weight-loss surgery available in the U.S.The LAP-BAND® System is a silicone ring designed to be placed around the upper part of the stomach and filled with saline on its inner surface. This creates a new, smaller stomach pouch that can hold only a small amount of food. You eat less and feel full sooner. The band also controls the size of the opening into the stomach so food moves through much more slowly. Food quantities are reduced and you loose weight without feeling hunger. |
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Minimally Invasive ProcedureDuring the procedure, surgeons usually use laparoscopic techniques (making tiny incisions rather than a large incision and inserting long-shafted instruments through “ports”), to wrap the LAP-BAND® System around the patient’s stomach.Since there is no stomach cutting, stapling, or gastrointestinal re-routing involved in the LAP-BAND® System procedure, it is considered the safest, least invasive, and least traumatic of all weight-loss surgeries. If for any reason the LAP-BAND® System needs to be removed, the stomach generally returns to its original form. |
