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Advantages and Risks
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Advantages: |
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Lowest mortality rate* |
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Least invasive surgical approach |
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No stomach stapling, cutting,
or intestinal rerouting |
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Reversible |
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Lowest operative complication rate |
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Low
malnutrition risk |
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Hospital stay is usually less than 36 hours |
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Most
patients return to normal activity within 1 week |
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Full
surgical recovery usually occurs within about 2
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Most Common Risks:
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Standard risks associated with major surgery**
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Nausea and vomiting
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Band slippage (minor revisional surgery)
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Band erosion (minor revisional surgery)
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Access port problems (minor revisional surgery)
Fortunately, however, less than 1% of our patients
have actually experienced any of these
complications.
*Per
Inamed’s website: Laparoscopic
adjustable gastric banding surgery, like the
Lap-Band surgery, is associated with a mean
short-term mortality rate of around 0.05% compared
to 0.50% for Gastric Bypass and 0.31% for Vertical
Banded Gastroplasty.
**Common to all surgeries are the risk of
bleeding, infection and death.
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Weight Loss Services, Inc.
(DBA Beliteweight) is a scheduling service, not a medical
facility or healthcare provider. Beliteweight shall not be
liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action
taken in reliance on this information. This information does
not constitute medical advice and does not create any
physician-patient relationship. |
