Lap band Surgery Doctors
Over 700,000 Lap-Bands have been placed worldwide, and it is the safest, least invasive, least radical surgical option for weight loss.
Operations to treat obesity have been around for many years, but the other operations are much more unsafe than the Lap-Band. Other weight loss surgical procedures involve cutting across the stomach or intestine, which can increase the chance for leaks and post-operative death. The Lap Band is the only minimally invasive, adjustable weight loss surgery that does not require stapling across the stomach or intestines.
Advantages of the Lap Band:
- No cutting across the stomach or intestine
- Safest profile of any weight loss surgery
- Laparoscopic surgery with small incisions
- Short recovery time with most patients going home the same day of surgery
Unlike the gastric sleeve and gastric bypass, no staples are used. In the gastric sleeve, hundreds of staples are used to amputate the stomach. For the gastric bypass, the intestinal tract is permanently altered to change the flow of digestion.
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