What is Lap Band Gastric Banding?

You are beginning to hear the term Lap Band Gastric Banding, just about every place you go and you may understand that it is a very popular obesity surgery. However, you may not know exactly what it is and what it does for a person, so let's put it into easy to understand words.

Lap Band Gastric Banding is a type of operation where your abdomen in not really opened up at all, like in conventional obesity surgeries. The procedure is very simple and can be explained in this manner. A gastric band is placed around the stomach leaving you will a smaller area or pouch for food, then it will be slowly released into the lower portion of your stomach. This is done with small incisions where the gastric band can be placed without major surgery. This band has a balloon attached that can be adjusted without much effort. This gastric band gives a full feeling while you are eating much less than normal. The balloon can be deflated or inflated anytime after the surgery so it can be adjusted as you lose the weight that you need.

Lap Band Gastric Banding will in essence give you a smaller stomach or at least a pouch that will make your stomach feel full when it is not. When it is time for re-adjustment this will be done very simple and painlessly in the radiology suite. The tube that comes off from the gastric band has a port that is just under the skin of your stomach and they will inject a saline solution into this port to deflate the band as you achieve your weight goal.

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