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Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Learn More About Lapband Surgery

By Sharon Cox


A significant number of the world population is struggling with obesity, and more people are trying to innovate new ways to deal with the problem. Though one solution to obesity is changing your lifestyle, especially matters concerning your diet you can undergo a surgery that gives you healing in a shorter time. Lapband surgery is an operation that is gaining popularity across the world in helping patients with obesity.

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 primary operation aim is to reduce the stomach size to ensure that only small amounts of foods get into it. It also makes passage of food to the intestines easy. The procedure also helps your brain to send signals to the stomach which tells you that you are full after taking small portions of foods. The band creates a little pouch in the stomach where messages are sent and received.

To ascertain whether you require the surgical procedure you should begin by weighing your kilos. People who have more than 45 kilos above the required weight are ideal candidates for the process. The operation can give the patient a solution to some mass-related diseases which include diabetes and high blood pressure among others.

The medical practitioner or the surgeon should access information on the mechanisms you have undertaken to reduce weight before he can commence the operation. The age limit is also considered as children under the eighteen years are not allowed to undergo the procedure. It also needs patient contribution by avoiding such activities like taking alcohol or some drugs as well as adjusting lifestyle and diet.

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.

Patients who plan to undergo the procedure are always advised to reduce some weight before undergoing the process to increase the success rate. For individuals who are incredibly obese, the risks associated with surgery may be higher than the expected benefits, and this may make the doctor not to accept the patient. The procedure is not lengthy, and in most cases, the surgeon will take around 1 or 2 hours in theatre.

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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