Lap Band Adjusts Stomach
When you first look into considering surgery to assist you in losing weight, your likely first question is just what is Lap Band surgery?
The premise of Lap Band surgery is to install an adjustable silicone band around the upper portion of the stomach, which then forms a small pouch in the stomach, leaving the bigger portion of the stomach located below the band. Filled with saline, the band is a hollow ring that can be adjusted by a visit to the doctor's office with more or less saline to make for a smaller or greater opening.
Much of the idea behind Lap Band surgery is convincing the body that you are full and are not interested in any more food during that particular sitting.
When the upper portion of the stomach registers as being full, the message to the brain is that the entire stomach is full and this sensation helps the person to be hungry less of the time, to feel full more quickly and for a greater period of time, and to eat smaller portions. Over time, this allows for weight loss.
The Lap Band Procedure is performed through general anesthesia and can run for duration of between 30 minutes and one hour. One of the many advantages of the Lap Band procedure is that there is no stapling or cutting involving the stomach or intestinal rerouting for that matter. The procedure is less invasive and will not leave permanent scars on a patient.
Lap Band Adjustments
Following Lap Band surgery, the patient will then follow up with their doctor over the course of weeks and months to have the band adjusted as needed.
During that procedure, the band is adjusted so that it is neither so loose that hunger is not controlled, nor so tight that food may not be consumed. As to how often a patient will need an adjustment will vary from case to case.
TopSurgeons has successfully done more Lap Band surgeries than any other provider in California.
For more information about Lap Band, call 1-800-953-5000.
