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LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Band
Information and Review
The LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Band is an inflatable banding system that is placed around the upper stomach to limit food intake in severely obese individuals.
The Lap-Band is intended for severely obese people - those who are at least 100 lbs overweight or twice their ideal body weight, who have failed to reduce their weight by other means.
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Recovery from adjustable gastric banding (like LAP-BAND surgery) tends to be quicker than recovery from more involved operations like gastric bypass. Ask your doctor what you should expect.
Post-surgical risks.
Port: the portion of the Lap-Band that is accessible under the skin for the injection or removal of saline.
Protein: An organic compound that is the "building block" of the human body. Protein builds and maintains muscle tissue.
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Otherwise, he's sending me in for lap-band and/or liposuction. As of now, I have progressed to 19.3 stones, with 5.3 stones to go. I realize that this is only the first step and the easiest one.
Gastric banding (eg. lap-band) and gastric bypass (eg. biliopancreatic diversion or roux-en-Y) are the two main types of obesity surgery. For more information, visit: ObesityHelp or Bariatric Surgery.
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