28 Nov, 2008
Lap Band surgery Is Another Option To Healthy Weight loss.
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Are you looking for a healthy way to lose weight while making permanent changes in your eating and exercise habits? Gastric by-pass surgery is starting to be even more popular, and many people are having success stories about dramatically losing weight after this surgery. But there are lots of different types of surgery and it may be hard to decide which ones best for you.
One method of limiting your food intake is to have Lap Band surgery. This procedure, which can be undone at anytime, makes you stomach smaller therefore only allowing a person to eat small portions. Unlike alternative methods, there is no cutting or stapling of the stomach, giving you the flexibility to reverse the procedure as you and your doctor determine what is best for your health as your weight loss progresses.
Lap Band Surgery is a method in which a gastric band can be inserted, and then later removed, laproscopically. By banding the upper part of the stomach the gastric band will create a smaller stomach. Using this simple method, the smaller upper portion of your stomach fills more quickly, making you feel full faster. The band keeps the food from entering the lower portion of the stomach too quickly, so that the feeling of fullness lasts longer.
Lap Band Surgery allows hunger to be satisfied by lesser portions while you learn to set a diet of better foods. With reduced weight comes the encouragement and potential for increased exercise, allowing the development of many healthy habits that will help you gain self-confidence, feel stronger, and be more fit in both mind and body.
Lap Band Surgery involves insertion of the gastric band through extremely small (close to a centimeter) Before fitting the band around a portion of the upper stomach, incisions are made. Saline can be injected through a small adjustable balloon once in place, which can be used to reduce or increase the lower part of the stomach’s opening. Therefore, as you progress toward your weight loss goal, adjustments can be made to your gastric band. You will be guided by your doctor to the best balance of intake and nutrition that will allow you to lose weight in a healthy way.
Therefore, adjustments can be made to your gastric band as you progress toward your weight loss goal. Your doctor will help you determine the best balance of intake and nutrition to encourage healthy weight loss. Expect Lap Band Surgery to take no longer than 60 minutes under general anesthesia. Many patients can expect to leave the hospital after about three days of the surgery and by following your doctor’s guidelines you can look forward to losing weight, and developing long-term, healthy changes in the way you live.
Significant Advantages of Lap Band Surgery:Average weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds per week,Close monitoring by your physician to ensure proper nutrition and healthy rate of weight loss, No cutting or stapling of the stomach; full reversibility and removal, Adjustable throughout your weight loss, Short surgery and hospital stay, Proven safety; routinely performed since approval by the FDA in 2001, and Encourages healthy lifestyle changes in diet and exercise.