Can I Remove Lapband and Abdominalplasty at Same Time? (photo)

I have had this same senario and it is usually not much of a fee for the bariatric doctor to do his or her part. The cosmetc plastic surgeon starts the procedure and after 20 minutes the bariatric doctor comes in and does his or her part which takes 20 minutes. I then take another 45 minutes and all is done! Be careful about having a non plastic surgeon do your surgery while the doctor you see may be terrific there are certainly some doctors who will do anything for money. Good Luck!

Whilst it is logical to remove the band at the same time as the abdominoplasty it is not necessarily that simple.  Both abdominoplasty and removal of lap bands are specialist procedures and it is unlikely that you find a surgeon who has a great deal of expertise in both procedures. 

Therefore I would entirely agree with the other surgeons who have suggested a two surgeon approach.  Hopefully it can be arranged that you have both procedures performed whilst undergoing the same anaesthetic.  Having two surgeons involved may increase the cost but it is likely to reduce your risk of complications so I would argue it is worth it.

Kind regards,

 

Dean

Hi

I do not see any problem in having both procedure performed at the same time.  It would be better for the Lap Band surgeon to attend the abominoplasty procedure as it would not take the Lap Band surgeon too long to perform the removal of the lap band and the plastic surgeon can complete their part of the surgery.  I can not imagine that the cost of the surgery woould be double.

Good Luck with your surgery

Stephen Salerno