Lap Band Surgery

Lap-Band is the simplest of the bariatric surgeries and doesn’t interfere with normal digestion. It limits the amount of food a person can eat to about half a cup at one time. Most patients lose 10-15% of their body weight within two years after surgery.

A silicone band is wrapped around the upper part of the stomach, dividing the organ and squeezing it into an mhourglass shape. By adding fluid to the band, the surgeon adjusts the opening size between the smaller upper pouch and the remaining lower portion of the stomach. Band adjustments are customized for each patient and performed in the physician's office in the months following surgery.

Because food lingers in the small, upper part of the stomach, allowing digestion to occur slowly, patients feel full faster, stay satisfied longer, and experience gradual weight loss as a result.

This procedure is adjustable and reversible.