Are you trying to make permanent changes in your eating and exercise habits and lose weight? Gastric by-pass surgery is becoming more and more common, and many people have personal success stories of dramatic weight loss after this type of procedure. However, determining what surgery is right for you may be difficult due to the numerous types of surgery.
One method of limiting your food intake is to have Lap Band surgery. This procedure, which can be undone at anytime, makes you stomach smaller therefore only allowing a person to eat small portions. Since there is no dramatic cutting or stapling of the stomach, you have the flexibility to reverse the procedure if need be once you begin to shed the weight.
A gastric band can be inserted and removed laproscopically during a Lap Band Surgery. The purpose of the gastric band is to create a “smaller stomach by banding the upper part of the stomach. Using this simple method, the smaller upper portion of your stomach fills more quickly, making you feel full faster. The band keeps the food from entering the lower portion of the stomach too quickly, so that the feeling of fullness lasts longer.
Lap Band Surgery allows hunger to be satisfied by lesser portions while you learn to set a diet of better foods. Increased exercise comes with reduced weight loss, which allows for the development of healthy habits that can help you achieve self-confidence, stronger feeling, and more fit in the body and mind.
Lap Band Surgery involves insertion of the gastric band through extremely small (close to a centimeter) Before fitting the band around a portion of the upper stomach, incisions are made. Saline can be injected through a small adjustable balloon once in place, which can be used to reduce or increase the lower part of the stomach’s opening. Therefore, as you progress toward your weight loss goal, adjustments can be made to your gastric band. You will be guided by your doctor to the best balance of intake and nutrition that will allow you to lose weight in a healthy way.
Adjustments can therefore be made to the gastric band as you advance toward your goal for weight loss. To lose weight and be healthy your doctor will recommend the best balance of intake and nutrition. Expect Lap Band Surgery to take no longer than 60 minutes under general anesthesia. After surgery, you can expect to stay in the hospital for 48 hours before being released under a doctor’s care to follow a healthy lifestyle to ensure the most pounds lost.
Significant Advantages of Lap Band Surgery: Average weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week,Close monitoring by your physician to ensure proper nutrition and healthy rate of weight loss, No cutting or stapling of the stomach; full reversibility and removal, Adjustable throughout your weight loss, Short surgery and hospital stay, Proven safety; routinely performed since approval by the FDA in 2001,and Encourages healthy lifestyle changes in diet and exercise.
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