Laparoscopic gastric banding
Laparoscopic Dallas gastric banding is surgery to help with weight loss. The surgeon places a band
around the upper part of your stomach to create a small pouch to hold food. The
band limits the amount of food you can eat by making you feel full after eating
small amounts of food.
After surgery, your
doctor can adjust the band to make food pass more slowly or quickly through
your stomach.
Description
You will receive general anesthesia before this surgery. You will be asleep and
unable to feel pain.
The surgery is done
using a tiny camera that is placed in your belly. This type of surgery is
called laparoscopy. The camera is called a laparoscope dallas. It allows your
surgeon to see inside your belly. In this surgery:
- · Your surgeon will make 1 to 5 small surgical cuts in your
abdomen. Through these small cuts, the surgeon will place a camera and the
instruments needed to perform the surgery.
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Your surgeon will place a band around the upper part of your
stomach to separate it from the lower part. This creates a small pouch that has
a narrow opening that goes into the larger, lower part of your stomach.
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The surgery does not involve any cutting or stapling inside your
belly.
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Your surgery may take only 30 to 60 minutes if your surgeon has
done a lot of these procedures.
When you eat after
having this surgery, the small pouch will fill up quickly. You will feel full
after eating just a small amount of food. The food in the small upper pouch
will slowly empty into the main part of your stomach.
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