Learn More About Lapband Surgery

By Sharon Cox


As a matter of fact, a good number of individuals around the globe are suffering from obesity and conditions related to obesity. This has led to them trying many mechanisms, medications, techniques, and ways of dealing with the condition. Mostly, dietary, behavior, and lifestyle adjustments and changes are the main areas where they concentrate on. However, there is a surgical process which when administered to a patient, the healing occurs in short period of time. This operation is known as lapband surgery and has gained popularity in the recent past for dealing with obese conditions.

Another name for this procedure is gastric banding. It is done in a laparoscopic manner where a belt which is adjustable is fixed on the upper region of the stomach. It can be tightened or loosened when the need arises after fixing. In most cases, silicone is the material used to make them. When the band is being stretched, it is filled with saline to enable soft movement without causing a problem to the stomach walls and tissues.

The goal of this operation is to make the stomach smaller in a way that only allows the individual to hold very little food. Passage of the food in the intestines is also improved. After the procedure the brain can convey signals to your stomachs which alert you to stop eating since you are satisfied. This ensures you take little food. The band makes a small pouch in your stomach where the conveyance of signals occurs.

One of the methods of knowing whether you should undergo the procedure is weighing your weight. This means that if you have 45 kilos and above from the standard weight you should start thinking of undergoing the operation. This is an ideal procedure that yields much to patients suffering from weight-related conditions and disorders like hypertension and diabetes.

Before conducting the surgical procedure, your surgeon will need information on the various weight loss procedures that you previously tried. The operation is however restricted to people who are past the age of 18 hence not ideal for children. Before the process is done the surgeon requires the patient willingness to adjust his diet and avoid alcohol and any other drugs.

The person undergoing the process must have the right information before the doctor commences to do the surgical procedure. Most of the doctors who perform these surgeries require the patient to be emotionally stable. For Individuals struggling with gastrointestinal diseases such as ulcers, the doctor does a check to understand the risks and mitigate them. For people with diseases affecting the lungs, the procedure cannot be done. People with heart diseases are also not allowed to undergo the process.

Even before undergoing the procedure, the patient is advised to undertake other weight reducing methods in order to make the procedure more successful. For patients with severe obese conditions, the process becomes riskier than the beneficial.

This in most cases makes the doctors fail to administer the procedure to the patients. Anesthesia is used to eliminate pain. It is also a laparoscopic procedure which makes the patient not to have visible scars. It also comes with dietary adjustments.




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