Is It Possible to Be Allergic to the Lap Band?

Thanks for your question.  One of the best parts of the LapBand surgery is the quantity of food that fills your stomach is drastically reduced.  Since the LapBand is adjustable, it may take a few tries for you and your doctor to find the right amount of restriction.  The...

Everybody recovers differently from surgery.  some people are doing desk work after a few days, others need a few weeks. this is a very individual process, but in general terms, about a week or two is common

Yes - the band is essentially a plastic (silicone) device, that can break and hence cause leak. if that happens, its effectiveness is lost.  if you do not need the band to be inflated to maintain satiety and weight loss, theoretically it can just be left in place as long as its not causing...

Regain after a 10 year R-Y can be due yo pouch enlargement however I recommend a GI scan to determine if the restrictive function has being compromise or the anastomosis is not in the right place to do its malabsorption job. Definitely testing is needed before a revision is considered.

A Lap-Band can be filled depending on how much you fill each time, a ranging number of times. It depends on the surgeon, it depend on the patient. In my practice, typically a patient can expect anywhere from six to ten films with varying amounts as they progress. I've had patients who only need...

A lap-band needs to be closely supervised, when we started working with obesity and lap-bands 20 years ego there where very few bariatric options, today we know that an unsupervised lap-band can create very serious damage than can include erosion and perforation of the stomach....