Major Benefits of Lap-Band Surgery
Lap-Band surgery involves the insertion of the Lap-Band, an adjustable gastric band, through the abdomen during a minimally invasive procedure known as Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding (LAGB). The benefits of a Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding procedure are life changing.
Losing weight, safely and steadily, reaps lasting results. You will improve your overall health and quality of life, which may include reducing your long-term risk for many types of diseases, including heart disease and cancer. Weight loss can also be a significant factor in decreasing high blood pressure, reducing chronic pain, and possibly even curing Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, asthma and infertility.
Gastric banding with the Lap-Band gives you a head start in weight loss and healthy living. You will overcome hunger and put an end to overeating. You may even find yourself more comfortable in places where space is limited, and you will have boundless energy to play with your kids and spend time with others.
Health Benefits of Weight Loss Surgery
Lap-Band surgery is a proven path to sustained weight loss, and weight loss is the most powerful therapy we have available in medicine today. There is no other treatment that can make such a difference with so many health problems, and there is no other therapy that has such a profoundly positive impact on a person's quality of life. Most importantly, there is no therapy that so clearly protects people from dying prematurely.
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, weight loss surgery works much better than standard medical therapy as a treatment for Type 2 diabetes in overweight people. In addition to Type 2 diabetes, some of the other health problems that can often be addressed by weight loss include hypertension, high cholesterol, infertility, depression, heartburn, and non-alcoholic steatohepatitic inflammation of the liver. It is clear that obesity is associated with a reduced life expectancy due to the effects of all the diseases it causes. The good news is that sustained weight loss is achievable and it will facilitate improved health and better quality of life.
(Source: Center for Obesity Research and Education, Monash University.)
Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Too many weight loss programs work in the short-term, but are ineffective as long-term, life improving means of sustaining weight loss. Lap-Band surgery is a long-term solution for sustained weight loss. The safest and most effective means for achieving healthy and sustained surgical weight loss is a laparoscopic gastric banding procedure that utilizes the Lap-Band, the market leader for gastric bands.
Feel Full with Smaller Portions
Gastric banding through Lap-Band surgery works by providing an earlier sense of fullness. This enables you to feel satisfied with smaller portions, and this feeling typically lasts between meals. One of the most important benefits of Lap-Band surgery and the requisite aftercare program is that you develop positive eating behaviors. Even without fluid, gastric banding with the Lap-Band provides a sense of satiety by surrounding nerves that would otherwise send messages of hunger to the brain and central nervous system.
It Is Adjustable
Lap-Band surgery fits you with a gastric band that is fully adjustable to fit your needs and goals. This gives patients the ability to tailor the tightness of their Lap-Band to their personal weight loss goals and lifestyle. Thus, if the rate of weight loss is not acceptable, the Lap-Band can be tightened to make you feel full after eating less food. Additionally, if weight loss is occurring too quickly after your Lap-Band surgery, the gastric band can be loosened so that more food is needed to feel full. No matter how far you are along the path towards reaching your weight loss goals, you will always be assured that your adjustable Lap-Band is fitted to the appropriate tightness, helping you to reach your weight loss goals and maintain a healthy weight throughout your life.
Minimally Invasive
Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding is a modern bariatric surgery technique in which operations in the abdomen are performed through small incisions (usually 0.5-1.5cm) as compared to larger incisions needed in traditional surgical procedures. This technique results in shorter recovery times, allowing patients to return home within hours of their weight loss surgery procedure and be back quickly into their normal daily routine.
It Is Reversible
Lap-Band surgery has several significant differences from a gastric bypass. Lap-Band surgery enables your surgeon to perform a minimally invasive procedure that inserts an adjustable gastric band that can be removed at anytime. While it is not recommended that you do so, Lap-Band surgery provides you with the option to reverse the procedure, while a gastric bypass does not. Reversing the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding procedure is not recommended because the Lap-Band acts as a tool to help you gain control of your hunger. Without it you may find that it is much harder to maintain a healthy diet and achieve your ideal weight reduction goals.
iVital, based in Dallas, specializes in weight loss surgery programs that combine Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Surgery (LAGB), utilizing the Lap-Band, with comprehensive Lap-Band surgery aftercare. iVital is an expert in Lap-Band surgery and an industry leader in developing a personalized MyVital Plan for each patient that provides focused bariatric guidance to ensure long-term weight loss success.
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