Keep your insides and keep the weight off with LAP-BAND®
Excess weight loss with LAP-BAND has
been proven in clinical studies
The LAP-BAND® System provides significant short-term
weight loss within the first 1-2 years.2.9.10*1.
- 52% excess weight loss at 2 years, in an ongoing clinical study of people with a BMI of 35 or above9
- In a separate study, the LAP-BAND® System was
shown to provide 65% excess weight loss at 1 year and 70% excess weight loss at 2 years for people with a BMI between 30 and 401°
- That translates into shrinking an average of 6 inches off the waistline and 6 inches off the hips2
The LAP-BAND") System can also help provide weight loss that lasts.
- In a long-term study, severely obese
patients maintained an average excess weight loss of 60% at 5 years after the LAP-BAND® System procedure"
Weight loss matters on the inside too
In 4 separate studies, weight loss following gastric banding was shown to improve or resolve several serious obesity-related health conditions, including asthma, hypertension, diabetes, sleep apnea, and GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) In many cases, 90% or more of the patients being studied had improvement or total resolution of their
conditions.3-6
The LAP-BAND AP' System was approved in the United States on the basis of a nonrandomized, single-arm study (N=299). Significant improvement in percent of excess weight loss vs baseline was achieved at 12 months (34.5%), 24 months (37.8%), and 36 months (36.2%).
Data based on interim analysis of ongoing LAP-BAND AP' trial.
Contraindications: The LAP-BAND® System is not recommended for non-adult patients, patients with
conditions that may make them poor surgial candidates
or increase the risk of poor results (e.g., inflammatory or
cardiopulmonary diseases, GI conditions, symptoms or
family history of autoimmune disease, cirrhosis), who are
unwilling or unable to comply with the required dietary
restrictions, who have alcohol or drug addictions, or who
currently are or may be pregnant.
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