LapBand® - Adjustable
Gastric Banding (AGB)
Weight Loss Surgery Operation
The Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System
is manufactured by BioEnterics Corporation. The Lap Band is an inflatable
band that is placed around the upper stomach to create a small gastric
pouch. (See Fig 1.) The lap band limits food digestion and creates an
earlier feeling of fullness. The band is inserted by laparoscopic "keyhole"
surgery and is then either tightened or loosened over time to meet individual
patient needs. Once the lap band is in position, it is inflated with saline.
Future adjustments to the lap band are made through a portal under the
skin.
Figure 1. Adjustable Gastric Banding (AGB)
- LapBand®
In this Adjustable Gastric Banding lap band
procedure, a silicone elastomer band is placed around the upper part of
the stomach to create a small stomach pouch which can hold only a small
amount of food. The lower, larger part of the stomach is below the band.
These two parts are connected by a small outlet created by the band. Food
will pass through the outlet (“stoma” in medical terms) from
the upper stomach pouch to the lower part more slowly, and one will feel
full longer. The diameter of the band outlet is adjustable to meet individual
needs, which can change as one loses weight.
See Lap Band Surgery and Questions
About Lap Band
Advantages of Adjustable Gastric Banding
(AGB)
- Simple and relatively safe
- Short recovery period
- Major complication rate is low
- No opening or removal of any part of the stomach or intestines
- No altering of the natural anatomy
Disadvantages of Adjustable Gastric Banding
(AGB)
About 5 percent failure rate because of:
- Balloon leakage
- Band erosion/migration
- Deep infection
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Weight
Loss Surgery Information
How
Weight Loss Surgery Works - Morbid
Obesity - Morbid
Obesity Surgery
Treatment of Obesity
- Bariatric
Surgery Health Risks - Abdominoplasty
Gastric Banding - Gastric
Bypass - Mini
Gastric Bypass - Gastroplasty
Laparoscopic
Gastric Bypass - Roux
En Y Gastric Bypass - Lap
Band Surgery
Lap Band - Lap
Band FAQs - Biliopancreatic
Diversion - Duodenal
Switch
Liposuction - Liposuction
Surgery - Superwet
Liposuction - Tumescent
Ultrasonic Liposuction
- Tummy Tuck - Mini
Tummy Tuck - Stomach
Stapling
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