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Would You Be Suitable For Lap Band Surgery?
By Robert | October 4, 2008
There are various types of obesity surgery available nowadays including the reasonably new surgical procedure of gastric lap banding which is growing in popularity and is rapidly becoming the favored choice for a significant number of severely overweight or morbidly obese individuals. But would you make a suitable candidate for gastric lap band weight loss surgery?
In providing an answer to this question we will start by assuming that you are a suitable candidate for weight loss surgery in general and that your only concern is whether or not you should be thinking about lap banding. In very simple terms this would mean that you are over the age of 18, are severely overweight with a body mass index (BMI) in excess of 40 (or in excess of 35 with one or more co-morbid conditions and that you have already attempted traditional weight loss methods (including possible drug treatment) without success.
It is usually thought that individuals considering weight loss surgery are simply overweight and it is very easy to forget that individuals who are severely overweight are generally suffering from a variety of other conditions, some of which result from the fact that they are overweight. It is the presence of these other conditions that frequently constitutes a hurdle when it comes to choosing between different surgical options.
Because lap band surgery is a type of restrictive surgery where the stomach is physically restricted in size to limit the quantity of food which can be passed through the stomach and digestive system, this type of surgery is probably not going to be suitable if your esophagus, stomach or intestine are abnormal. An abnormality might be congenital or acquired and a typical difficulty experienced is a narrowing at one or more points along the digestive tract.
Difficulties within the stomach or esophagus that could result in bleeding (like esophageal or gastric varices – a dilated vein) would also rule out gastric lap band surgery, as would difficulties at the site at which the band would be placed around the stomach, like an injury, gastric perforation or scarring.
Difficulties can also arise if you suffer from any type of inflammation or inflammatory disease in the gastrointestinal tract like ulcers, esophagitis or Crohn’s disease.
Finally, lap band surgery is not suitable for pregnant women or for women who are contemplating pregnancy. Where pregnancy happens following lap band surgery the band can be deflated to compensate for the raised nutritional requirement but, where loosening the band does not do the trick, the band might have to be removed.
One advantage of lap band surgery is that the operation is reversible and, should it prove necessary, the band can be removed returning the stomach to its previous state. However, this can also be a disadvantage of the system. Motivation is the key to any type of obesity surgery but is an especially important issue when it comes to lap band surgery. Should there be any doubt about your determination to succeed then this type of surgery may not be a suitable choice for you.
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