Gastric Bands
(Lap Band)
The Gastric Band is an adjustable
gastric band designed to help patients lose
excess body weight, improve weight-related health
conditions and enhance quality of life. It reduces
the stomach capacity and restricts the amount
of food that can be consumed at one time. The
Gastric Band procedure does not require stomach
cutting and stapling or gastrointestinal surgery.
It is an adjustable and reversible weight-loss
surgery and suitable for permanent or long term
placement in the body.
The band itself is a silicone ring designed
to be placed around the upper part of the stomach
and filled with saline on its inner surface.
This creates a new, smaller stomach pouch that
can hold only a small amount of food, so the
food storage area in the stomach is reduced.
The band also controls the stoma (stomach outlet)
between the new upper pouch and the lower part
of the stomach. When the stomach is smaller,
you feel full faster, while the food moves more
slowly between your upper and lower stomach
as it is digested. As a result, you eat less
and lose weight. The ultimate portion controller!
During the procedure, the surgeon uses laparoscopic
techniques (making tiny incisions rather than
a large incision and inserting long-shafted
instruments through “ports”), to wrap the band
around the patient’s stomach. A narrow camera
is passed through the port so the surgeon can
view the operative site on a TV monitor. Like
a wristwatch, the band is fastened around the
upper stomach to create the new stomach pouch
that limits and controls the amount of food
you eat. The band is then locked securely in
a ring around the stomach. This surgery will
be performed as an overnight procedure at The
Highgate Hospital by leading Gastric Surgery
expert Professor Nadey Hakim.
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