Lap band Los Angeles surgery is growing in popularity .  The procedure is performed to help people lose weight.  Unlike gastric bypass, this procedure is less invasive and takes 1-2 hours to perform.  Most patients go home after surgery.   Typically patients will try diet and exercise before turning to  Lap Band Glendale.  Patient lose anywhere between
25- 120 pounds.   Maintaining diet and exercise is important following surgery.  Many Lap Band Beverly Hills surgeons will monitor patients on a regular basis and performing lap band adjustments to tune the weight loss process.  Following weight loss, many patients are able to perform physical activities and wear clothes that could not when they were heavier.  

 

The LAP-BAND® System has been proven in studies to significantly reduce weight and body mass steadily. With gastric banding, initial weight loss is slower than with RNY, generally 450 - 900 grams per week; however, statistics indicate that over a 5-year period, weight loss outcome is similar. Weight regain is possible with ANY weight loss procedures including the more radical procedures that initially result in rapid weight loss. The World Health Organization recommendation for weight loss is ½ to 1 kilogram per week and an average banded patient may lose this amount. Clearly this is variable based on the individual and their personal circumstances, motivation, and mobility. The restriction imposed by the band generally needs to be greater for the initial weight loss phase and less for the subsequent weight maintenance phase. However as the patient loses weight, the internal organs (including the stomach) also shrink, and band system fill may need to be increased slightly. It should be emphasized that bandsters require ready access to a clinic where fill adjustments can be made; most patients will have between 5 and 15 fill adjustments over the lifetime of their band

This surgery is performed through a small incision (less than 1/2 inch) is made near the belly button. Carbon dioxide (a gas that occurs naturally in the body) is introduced into the abdomen to create a work space for the surgeon. Then a small laparoscopic camera is placed through the incision into the abdomen.

The camera sends a picture of the stomach and abdominal cavity to a video monitor. It gives the surgeon a good view of the key structures in the abdominal cavity. A few additional, small incisions are made in the abdomen. The surgeon watches the video monitor and works through these small incisions using instruments with long handles to complete the procedure. The surgeon creates a small, circular tunnel behind the stomach, inserts the gastric band through the tunnel, and locks the band around the stomach.

However, before deciding to have surgery, a person needs reliable and detailed information about the surgeon and where surgery is performed. Surgeons consider using the LAP-BAND^® if   patient's BMI is between 35 and 40 and there are health problem related to obesity.   Ask him or her to discuss those criteria with you. Long term,  there are no known reasons to suggest that the band should be replaced or removed at some point unless a complication occurs or you do not lose weight. Rarely, the Lapband may need to be removed or replaced at some point, which is a surgical procedure. That procedure will have all the related risks and possible complications that come with surgery.