Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric banding/band

All people who have tried everything for weight loss but failed like dieting, exercise, weight loss pills etc are advised to go for weight loss surgery. Among all weight loss surgery adjustable gastric banding is the most effective and less risky procedure. In this procedure of weight loss surgery, a gastric band is used to restrict the limit how much you eat. It reduces your appetite and slow digestion. Band is placed laparoscopically inside the stomach.

Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric banding will change your eating habit and help you to lose your overweight. Surgeon made some small incisions around your abdomen and then through this place adjustable gastric band is placed around stomach to wrap it and make the two pouch of stomach with the help of a camera placed inside. During this procedure patients are kept under anesthesia. Band is attached with the port via a tube. Port is then silt under the skin. Port is used to fill saline to increase and reduce the volume of band in order to achieve the goal of weight loss depending upon the individual. Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric band surgery takes around 30 minutes to 1 hour. You need to stay for 1 day in hospital. This is painless and minimally invasive procedure. But the pain you experience after surgery varies from person to person. But this is less than the pain you get after open weight loss surgery. Gastric banding for obesity is perfect for them.

After Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric banding you need to strictly follow some gastric band diet plan. Right after surgery you are allowed to take only small sip of water. During 2 weeks following Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery only liquid can be tolerated by you. You need to drink water to avoid from dehydration. You should choose clear fluid for this. You can drink fruit juice, skin milk and other flavored water which is non-carbonated.

During 3 to 4 weeks you can start taking some texture food in your diet. You should eat protein rich food. You can also try some fruits and vegetables. Food like pureed skinless fish or chicken, peas, potatoes etc are best to take within this period. After 4 weeks means during 5 weeks now you can introduced soft food like fish and ground turkey. After 5 weeks you are allowed to take some solid food.

There are some specific food items which are allowed to take and some are prohibited. Know about Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric banding Post op diet. Chew your food properly and don’t try to eat large chunky food as it may cause vomiting or nauseas as a result of which you may face some complications like band slippage, difficulty slowing etc.

This is painless and minimally invasive procedure. But the pain you experience after surgery varies from person to person. Generally you will feel a bit of pain and discomfort. Just after surgery saline is not introduced I to band. After 3-4 weeks there is schedule of filling saline. This is called Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric banding fill. Using needle saline is injected through port to inflate band system. With the filling of saline in band it increase the volume of band and thus you can hold small amount of food in comparison to when saline is removed. This is determined by surgeon that how much saline has to be injected.

This is the best part of this surgery that band system can be adjusted at any point of time and can be removed also. This is the reversible procedure. Adding or subtracting saline form band system helps to adjust band according to the individual weight loss goal and this procedure is called Laparoscopic Adjustable gastric band adjustment.

Follow up care is must after surgery to determine your health position and rate of weight loss success. Follow up care is done for every 6 weeks during the first year and then every three months for the next two years. You need to do proper exercise. If you strictly follow all these then you will be able to lose approx 50% of your weight within 18 months.

This is for you is your BMI is more than 40 or more than 35 and you are also associated with any kind of problem related with morbid obesity. Also your commitment to change your lifestyle and food habit is important for the success of this surgery and to avoid gastric banding side-effects.