The Laparoscopic Gastric Banding System is a
minimally invasive surgery that involves applying a prosthesis (the
LAP-BAND) around the stomach--creating a small gastric pouch--and a
calibrated opening to the rest of the stomach.
By creating a smaller gastric pouch, the LAP-BAND
System limits the amount of food that the stomach will hold at any time.
The inflatable ring controls the flow of food from this smaller pouch
to the rest of the digestive tract. The patient will feel comfortably
full with a small amount of food. And because of the slow emptying,
the patient will continue to feel full for several hours reducing the
urge to eat between meals.
According to medical literature, clinically
severe obese people can never achieve long-term weight loss with dietary
or behavioral modifications alone. A 100% failure rate is reported and
a series of failures will again lead to enormous psychological problems.
The laparoscopic placement of an adjustable
gastric band combines the advantages of this type of restrictive surgery
that is less invasive than other obesity procedures because the abdomen
is not actually opened. With this combination, operative risk is reduced
as well as morbidity and patient discomfort. Total reversibility and
adjustability of the band are clearly positive points.
Gastric
Bypass Surgery | Laparoscopic
Obesity Surgery
Lap Band Surgery
