Lap Band near Encino, CA
David G. Davtyan, MD, FACS
Monali Misra, MD, FACS
H. Joseph Naim, MD, FACS
Michael Feiz, MD
Shahram Salimitari, MD
Michael M. Omidi, MD, FACS
Lee Au, MD
Hi everyone my name is Tabitha and on December 31, 2010 I had lap band surgery. I received a 14cc allergen band. On surgery date I weighed 340 and lost 10 pounds by doing the pre-op diet.My thoughts and views on the lap band have changed dramatically since that day. You see I didn't realize how much work and change was going to take. Yes my lap band did some of the work for me but I do had to...
Even though I put NO - not worth it I have to admit that the procedure did what is promised. I went from 268 down to 235 within the first 3-5 months. I went to the adjustment appointments for the first year with little weight loss as a result. The first issue I have is that I was promised no additional charges....ever. Even for the adjustments. I started getting very large bills and...
On September 12th, 2012 I had a routine Lap Band surgery with Dr. Liu. 24 hours later I was rushed to the emergency room in extreme pain. My stomach had been perforated and I needed emergency surgery to remove the Lap Band. I was in the hospital for 8 days and it took months to recover. My follow ups with Dr. Liu were disappointing. He forgot about that near life ending incident and asked...
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