Well, what is the gastric band? How is this process carried out? Hundreds of patients are going to it with the hope of losing weight. We have a special investigation.

With the goal of losing pounds for health or aesthetic reasons. Thousands of people are overweight and even obesity in this country seek the best method to achieve their dream. One of the most popular procedures in Europe for 20 years is the gastric band or LapBand. The normal thing was authorized in the USA which investigated what this procedure consists of, the benefits and the possible side effects of the surgery. 

One in three people in this country suffers from obesity according to the manual framework the medical reference. Someone is obese when they have more than 20 percent of their ideal weight. Silicone band that gets around your stomach which creates a separation of your stomach into a smaller part; a pocket where less food will pass through more slowly. He directly says that the process takes approximately one hour under total anesthesia with two hours of recovery in the outpatient clinic where it is performed. 

 

Dr. Davtyan: We make a small two-centimeter incision, the band is connected to the catheter with the catheter connected to a port that goes into your skin. 

With the doctor shows that the band has an adjustable section with the saline water there were many risks to hit the can and now if you want to know what has been the experience of Danish Sonia Gandhi or another patient that the finger no longer placed the gastric band in November 2006 when I weighed 245 pounds and who lost 25 pounds in the year after the operation.

 

Sonia: I thought not anymore since I had the operation, I was not going to have to do anything and the doctor began to advise me that I had to eat better and start to exercise.

Follow these medical advices says Sonia and today she weighs 160.

 

Sonia: Happy and I feel comfortable. I like being in front of a camera when the family arrives start to take photos. 

It is advisable to investigate the doctor in the outpatient clinic where they will do the process. 

 

Sonia: Make sure that this doctor is a perfectionist in what he does, in the LapBand Operation, that he knows what he is doing.