Lap Band Surgery May Be Another Option To Healthy Weightloss.
Posted Nov 28 2008 10:19am
by Lisa Cole
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. Unlike alternative methods, there is no cutting or stapling of the stomach, giving you the flexibility to reverse the procedure as you and your doctor determine what is best for your health as your weight loss progresses.
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 is the laproscopic application of the gastric band through very tiny (close to a centimeter) cuts, following fitting the band around part of the upper stomach. A small balloon is used to reduce or increase the size of the opening to the lower part of the stomach. Once put in place, the balloon is adjustable through a saline injection.
Lap Band Surgery commonly lasts only 30-60 minutes, and is done under general anesthesia. Most patients can expect to leave the hospital within 48 hours following surgery and, with the guidance of your doctor, look forward to significant weight loss while developing long-term, healthy changes in your lifestyle.
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.
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. Unlike alternative methods, there is no cutting or stapling of the stomach, giving you the flexibility to reverse the procedure as you and your doctor determine what is best for your health as your weight loss progresses.
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 is the laproscopic application of the gastric band through very tiny (close to a centimeter) cuts, following fitting the band around part of the upper stomach. A small balloon is used to reduce or increase the size of the opening to the lower part of the stomach. Once put in place, the balloon is adjustable through a saline injection.
Lap Band Surgery commonly lasts only 30-60 minutes, and is done under general anesthesia. Most patients can expect to leave the hospital within 48 hours following surgery and, with the guidance of your doctor, look forward to significant weight loss while developing long-term, healthy changes in your lifestyle.
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.