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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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