The LAP-BAND® System is a long-term implantable device intended to induce weight loss in morbidly obese patients by limiting food consumption (restrictive rather than malabsorption). The device is surgically implanted, using either a laparoscopic or open procedure, to create a restricted opening (stoma) and a small gastric pouch to limit food consumption and induce early satiety.
The LAP-BAND® System is the least invasive, safest and the only adjustable and reversible surgical weight-loss option available in the United States. Since it’s approval by the FDA in June 2001, and with over 150,000 Gastric Banding surgeries already performed, it has proven to be a safer and as effective as other more invasive surgery procedures. It eliminates many of the known operative risks associated with other types of surgeries and provides unique benefits compared to other obesity procedures, including the advantages of reduced pain, length of hospital stay and recovery period since. There is no cutting or stapling of the stomach or bypassing the intestines. If for any reason the band needs to be removed, the stomach generally returns to its original form.
One big advantage of the LAP-BAND® System is that the band's size can be changed to meet your needs. This is not possible with other techniques.
The implantable components of the LAP-BAND® System:
Adjustable Gastric Band – a 13mm-wide, sterile, band which, when fastened, forms a circular ring.
Access Port – a stainless steel component with a self-sealing injection site.
Kink-Resistant Tubing – a 50cm silicone tube (I.D. 0.5”, O.D. 0.13”) which connects the inner surface of the gastric band to the access port.
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