LAP-BAND | | | LAP-BAND: The Only Adjustable Weight Loss Procedure | |  | | |  Gastric Band surgery is the only adjustable and reversible obesity surgery. The Health Travel Guides provider network features gastroenterologist surgeons certified by Allergan, makers of the popular LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding system.
Allergan reports that more than 300,000 patients have received the LAP-BAND® procedure, a number that is expected to increase exponentially with the recent move by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the BMI requirement for the procedure.
A candidate may now qualify for LAP-BAND® with a BMI of 30 or greater when co-morbidities such as hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes are present.
LAP-BAND® is a laparoscopic surgery which features a lower complication rate than with open or more invasive weight loss surgery such as RNY Gastric Bypass. Less than 1 in 100 gastric band surgery patients are diagnosed with complications, most of which can be treated without admission to hospital.
The LAP-BAND® procedure, which takes just 20 minutes of operative time and one night of hospital stay, reduces stomach capacity through the placement of a hollow silicone band around the stomach; as patients lose weight, restriction of intake is maintained by filling the band through a port located just beneath the skin and invisible to the naked eye.
Average patient weight loss results vary, but most LAP-BAND® patients can expect to lose 50-60% of excess weight loss in the first post-surgical year. Studies consistently show that in addition to weight loss, LAP-BAND® patients can expect other health benefits:
-70-80% of patients with hypertension will be off medications
-Well over 90% of patients with Type II non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus are expected to be off medication.
-Conditions frequently drastically improved or resolved:
- Sleep apnea
- Asthma
- Joint pain
- Arthritis
- GERD (gastroesphogeal reflux disease)
- Fatigue
- Shortness of breath
- Depression
The LAP-BAND® medical travel package is all-inclusive:
- All hospital and surgeon fees
- Standard lab work
- 1-2 night hospital stay
- 1 night hotel say if needed
- Round trip ground transportation from airport to hospital
- Pre-surgery consults as requested/needed
- Travel Concierge for you and your traveling companion(s)
- Free medical webinar with medical credit towards procedure
Find out if you're a candidate for LAP-BAND® by filling out the Health Travel Guides online personal medical profile; it takes just 15- 20 minutes, and your results are automatically submitted to a bariatric surgical team for review and response within 48 hours.
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