Gastric Band Operation is a type of weight loss surgery in which your stomach is gets reduced by making use of an adjustable band. Through this band patient can get their new life. The whole procedure of Gastric Banding nearly takes 30 minutes or more an hour. All those who have gained their weight more than 100 pounds and had completely reached 40 or above BMI are required to take up with this adjustable Gastric Band Surgery. This weight loss procedure is also taken by those people who are facing with the health related problems such as diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure or any other.

Procedure of Adjustable gastric Banding

Before the surgery the surgeon can ask you to be on a complete diet for about six hours with no food and liquid too. The operation can ask you for an overnight stay in the hospital as this procedure are performed under general anesthesia. This clearly states that patient will be asleep while the operation. The most important thing to consider is to stop smoking at least few days before otherwise this can increase the chances of infection. Prior to operation, there is a basic requirement of checking of heart beat rate and blood pressure.


The Gastric Band, made up of silicon is fitted in the upper part of the stomach by using the keyholes. During the whole surgical procedure surgeons make use of long shafted instruments for wrapping the lap band around the patient’s stomach. While the process a narrow shaped camera is passed through a hole for making surgeon to view the entire operative site on his nearby video monitor. This created new stomach pouch will controls on the total amount of food that is eaten by the person. The gastric band is then make locked around the stomach. To fit this band the surgeon can require making a four to five small cuts on the upper abdomen, but after locking the band this can be closed with few stitches.


Thus, a patient should not at all worry as whole process doesn’t include of stomach cutting or stapling. This whole Adjustable Band Surgery Procedure is very safe. So one side of the tube is placed around the stomach, the tube connects the gastric band to an access port which gets fixed beneath the skin of the abdomen. This permits the surgeon to make a change in the size of the stomach by adding or not adding the saline water inside the inner balloon through the access port. This process of adjustment can well determine the rate of weight loss.


But if it’s found that the band has loosened and there is not sufficient loss in weight than adding of more saline can reduce the size of the stomach and so can restricts the amount of food. Though, if the band is found tightened than surgeon can remove some saline water and get loose the band. The diameter of gastric band can be changed according to the need of individual. Even patients can have their band adjusted two to three times during the first few months after the Adjustable Gastric Band Surgery Procedure.