One of the biggest advantages of lap band surgery is that it is adjustable. Rather than being permanent like a gastric bypass, the lap band can be adjusted to ensure that the patient is losing weight at the optimum rate. This is done by inflating or deflating the band, using the port to remove or [...]
In an effort to be thin, many overweight individuals look towards gastric bypass surgery to help them shed unwanted pounds. Generally, the procedure is reserved for the morbidly obese, so if you simply wish to lose a few inches off of your waist, surgery may not be an option for you.
Morbidly obesity is defined as [...]
By now most people who are struggling with obesity have probably heard of the lap band surgery in one form or another. This popular weight loss surgery is really short form for the adjustable gastric banding procedure or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding procedure if you really want the long-tail version. For those that have decided [...]
Weight loss surgery is a serious decision to make because it is also life altering. It involves you making lifestyle changes that you have to more or less stick to for the rest of your life. If you don’t, then the entire procedure can reverse itself and the weight will come back. That is something [...]
You’ve done the research, you qualify for the procedure, you know how you will pay for it, and you have thought long and hard about whether or not weight loss surgery is the right thing for you to do, and all of the signs point to ‘yes’. But with all of these decisions made, what [...]
As mentioned previously in one of our earlier posts, one of the most successful lap band stories has been the story of CIBO clinic founder Tom Saridis. Tom had the lap band surgery and in total lost over 260 pounds! Then, he went on to found one of the most successful lap band clinics in [...]
Many people confuse the lap band surgery with other bariatric surgeries. The main cause behind this is that the lap band procedure is often referred to as “gastric banding”, which it is. The procedure is also known by it’s official name; laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery. The lap band is even now being referred to [...]