Important Information On 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.

The operation is also referred to gastric banding. Through the use of a laparoscope, the doctor puts an adjustable band which is placed along the stomach upper side. The special band is manufactured using silicone and it can be adjusted to looseness or tightness. When you are making the band tight you add some saline into it until it is full. There is a special port that is connected to the band to make a filling of saline convenient.

When this process is undertaken, it aims at reducing the size of the stomach so that the volume of food received decreases from the initial volume. It also aims at increasing food passage to other intestinal parts. Another effect of the operation is that the stomach hormones will continuously send signals to the mind and from mind back to the stomach of satisfaction and satiety when only small volumes of food are ingested. This is because the small pouch will get filled easily bringing satiety.

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.

A candidate should also have sufficient knowledge about the procedure before the surgeon conducts the surgical process. Emotional stability is another factor that doctors who are doing the operation consider. If a patient has some gastrointestinal issues such as ulcers the doctor conducts a review before performing the process to reduce the level of risk. A patient who has a respiratory problem affecting the lungs cannot undergo the procedure. It is also restricted to individuals who live with some heart illnesses.

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.

When the surgeon is administering this procedure, the patient is put under full anesthesia to reduce the pain. The process is laparoscopic, and it does not leave the patient with a lot of visible scars. Some doctors while guiding a patient on dietary changes before the procedure will require them to avoid any creamy food.




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