Thursday, August 14, 2008

Risks & a little info about the procedure

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2007/11/19/focus7.html?q=percent%20lap%20band%20long%20term%20success%20rate

Scared of health problems related to bariatric surgery? Check this site out. It clearly shows the drastic decrease in SEVERE health problems that obesity causes. So it’s a toss up…. Run the risk of being one of the VERY FEW (something like 1% of patients) who experience minor problems (post op lap band) that are correctable and usually self caused (erosion, heartburn, reflux, night cough, slips, etc… and much fewer patients experience anything serious)

Lap Band surgery takes about a half hour from start to finish with an experienced doctor. You arrive in the morning and leave the same evening. No, it’s not because they are shoving you out the door… it’s because the procedure is that minor. They make five small incisions in your abdomen. The largest incision is about 1½ - 2” I believe.

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