Overview ; What is gastric band surgery (Lap-Band)? · How does the gastric band (Lap-Band) work? · Who is gastric band surgery for? · How much weight can you lose with Lap-Band? · Can gastric banding help treat obesity-related health conditions?
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Many types of weight loss surgery are available for treating obesity and overweight. It's estimated that 41.9% of people in the United States live with obesity.1
For Ann and many other severely overweight people who wouldn't consider more radical surgery and have not had any complications the lap band has dramatically changed their lives. Ann is...
The main goals of metabolic and weight-loss surgery are to: Help the patient achieve a healthier weight · Reduce health conditions that are related to obesity and improve overall health. This happens because of weight loss and the impact of surgery on metabolic and hormonal pathways that are not working well in the body · Extend life expectancy and quality of life · Improve the patient’s self-image, confidence and psychological health · Support long term healthy behaviors
The daily news has been examining the growing ranks of New Yorkers who are choosing surgery to combat obesity. In the final part of the series, we look at the risks involved in the controversial procedure. Rachel DeScenza had high hopes for laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. The New Canaan, Conn., woman was “borderline diabetic, [had] borderline hyper-tension and once I hit 30, everything was catching up with me. Surgery, she thought, was the best way to shed extra pounds and reduce her chances of those borderline problems worsening. But wi ...
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pounds — “overweight,” by medical standards, but not... 25,000 lap band patients needed an additional procedure. That’s much higher than the 3 to 9 percent re-operation rate for...