| Bariatric surgery can help you get rid of excess | | | | that the body absorbs. |
| fat of your body and helps in leading a healthy | | | | |
| lifestyle. This could be either achieved by stapling | | | | The lap band surgery lasts around an hour and |
| a small portion of your stomach or by tying the | | | | requires an overnight stay in the hospital. Gastric |
| stomach with a band. | | | | bypass surgery takes about four hours and you |
| | | | | may have to stay three to five days in a hospital |
| Lap band and gastric bypass are the two surgical | | | | after surgery. |
| options for severely obese patients who have | | | | |
| been unable to control weight through diet and | | | | Weight loss is quicker in gastric bypass. With lap |
| exercise. Deciding between the two largely | | | | band surgery initial weight loss is slower than |
| depends on your personal preference and a good | | | | Gastric bypass, however over a 5-year period, |
| knowledge about both surgeries and surgical | | | | weight loss outcome is similar in both. |
| procedures. | | | | |
| | | | | In case of lap band, it is easy to remove the |
| Lap band surgery is a minimally invasive procedure | | | | band and reverse the surgery, requiring only a |
| requiring no stomach stapling or re-routing of | | | | laparoscopic procedure, after which the stomach |
| internal organs The Lap band consists of a silicone | | | | usually returns to its normal pre-banded state, |
| ring that is placed around the top of the stomach | | | | since it uses an inflatable saline filled strap that is |
| giving it the shape of an hourglass. The resulting | | | | wrapped around your stomach. A gastric bypass |
| pouch dramatically reduces the functional capacity | | | | surgery can be reversed, but it should not, as it is |
| of the stomach. It is designed in such a way that | | | | very risky. |
| it can be inflated or deflated at any time after | | | | |
| operation. Lap band surgery can be adjusted, | | | | A gastric bypass cannot be adjusted, while a lap |
| moved and has no requirement for permanent | | | | band can be adjusted by means of a port |
| alteration to the body of the stomach or | | | | through the skin that the surgeon leaves just |
| intestines, which makes it a better option to lose | | | | below the ribs. To tighten the lap band, the |
| weight. | | | | surgeons injects saline solution into it. |
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| | | | | Gastric bypass surgery is more expensive than a |
| Gastric bypass involves creating a small pouch by | | | | Lap band surgery. While the cost of lap band |
| dividing the stomach. The small intestine is divided | | | | surgery comes in between $15,000 to $20,000, |
| and brought up to join the new stomach pouch. | | | | gastric bypass costs $20,000 to $25,000. |
| This allows the food go straight from the | | | | Gather information like procedure, precautions, |
| stomach pouch into the small intestine, which | | | | recovery period, reversibility and cost of both |
| causes it to bypass the lower stomach and the | | | | types of bariatric surgeries. This will help you |
| duodenum. This reduces the amount of calories | | | | make the most informed decision. |