LapBand Surgery
Perhaps you have tried dieting, exercise, and even weight loss pills but either you are not able to keep it off or simply cannot lose the weight. If this is the case, you might want to look up the surgery option that is becoming very popular today called lapband surgery.
The medical term for this remarkable procedure is Laparoscopic Gastric Binding. This is one of the more low key surgery options with the shortest stay in a hospital required. With the lapband procedure, a small section of your stomach is banded off from the rest causing a smaller capacity stomach as a result. With this procedure, a small incision approximately 1 cm in diameter is incised in your abdomen. A band is placed on the upper part of your stomach through this incision. The band is adjustable and adjustments should not require surgery as the band can be adjusted by a balloon to which it is connected. The average duration for the surgery is about forty-five minutes and general anesthesia is necessary. It is literally a painless procedure. Once the procedure is complete you will have only a small scar if any.
How to know if lapband surgery is right for you
This surgery option has many advantages over the other forms available. With this form there are no staples or any incisions in your stomach. This means less recovery time and less pain. Unlike the other forms of weight loss surgery, this is a completely reversible procedure that can be undone at any time. As you lose weight, your band can be adjusted for your current needs with a doctor's office visit instead of another surgery. Due to there being no internal incisions, it is also a very safe procedure with very little risk of anything going wrong.
Lap-band surgery leaves you feeling better in a couple of days. Because your stomach is now smaller it will help to control your hunger pangs and help you to eat less over all. As your body adjusts to your eating less, the band will be adjusted. To do the actual adjustment, the doctor will inject a saline solution just below the skin. This will cause the balloon to expand and the band to adjust. In rare cases of extreme vomiting or other ailments, the saline is withdrawn until the symptoms are under control.
