Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a procedure well known in the medical community for being the least traumatic of all the weight loss surgeries. Because there is no cutting, no stapling, and no stomach rerouting, this type of gastric band surgery offers a quick recovery, a reduction in pain, and a shorter hospital stay than other types of weight loss surgery. Gastric band surgery is a good surgical choice for those who do not do well with more invasive procedures. Due to it being a noninvasive procedure, it is also a good choice for people who may not be healthy enough for more open procedures. It is also a good choice for those who want quick results. For residents of Palm Springs, gastric banding surgery is a great way to help restore your California body for years to come.
Though this type of surgery is minimally invasive, the results are very dramatic. This surgery works not by changing the size or your stomach, but by creating a new stomach that is smaller and less absorbent of fat and calories.
The laparoscopic gastric banding surgery is performed with the use of a laparoscope (a thin, lighted tube that acts as a type of guide). The laparoscope is used to implant an inflatable silicone band (or weight loss surgery band) into the upper abdomen of the patient. This band fastens around the upper stomach and creates a new, tinier stomach. This laparoscopic gastric banding also slows the emptying process into the stomach and intestines. As a result, patients feel full sooner, less amounts of food are consumed, and weight is lost.
After the adjustable gastric band surgery, the band can be adjusted by adding more or less salt solution to the band. This adjustment can make the band tighter or looser and can change the size of the newly created stomach, making it smaller or bigger and allowing for less or more food consumption.
The advantages of this type of gastric banding surgery are many. As discussed above they include no intestinal rerouting, least invasiveness of all weight loss surgeries, no cutting or stapling, and a quicker recovery. However, the advantages of this gastric band surgery don't stop there. Other advantages include a lower mortality risk than other weight loss surgeries, lower risk of nutritional deficiencies, and no permanency (the band can be removed at any time).
This gastric banding surgery also supports pregnancy, allows for adjustability and individual weight loss customization, and offers effective, long term weight loss.
For people in the state of California, gastric banding surgery at Lite Life Surgery is a wonderful way to restore your health and yourself. We serve Banning, CA, Beaumont, CA, Palm Springs, CA, Palm Desert, Ca, Cathedral City, CA, La Quinta, CA, Rancho Mirage, CA, Indio, CA, Redlands, CA, Desert Hot Springs, CA, Thousand Palms, CA to name a few.
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