LAP-BAND® System

Instead of stapling the stomach, however, a hollow silicone band is placed around the stomach. (This is done laparoscopically, using several tiny incisions instead of one large incision.) The band can then be inflated or deflated to adjust the degree to which food consumption is restricted. If necessary, the band can also be removed, making the procedure reversible. Weight loss is generally more gradual than with other bariatric procedures. Also known as “Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding.”

Although relatively new to the United States, this procedure has been performed in Europe since 1993. Over 150,000 patients have had the procedure making the LAP-BAND® the most commonly performed procedure for Morbid Obesity in Europe.

• Minimally invasive surgery done as outpatient
  
• Adjustable
  
• Reversible

• Patients who are 100 lbs over weight or double there ideal body weight
  
• Patients who have a body mass index over 40 or over 35 with one comorbidity due to obesity
• Select patients with a BMI from 30 to 35 with weight related comorbidity.
  
• Patients who have not had previous bariatric surgery
  
• Patients without inflammatory bowel disease or collagen vascular diseases

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www.LifeShape.net - Dr. Fusco is the Medical Director of LifeShape Advanced Bariatirics Center of Florida. All obesity surgery is done only through LifeShape.