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Tuesday (September 15th) in Plano, Texas we will be hosting a free weight loss surgery seminar. This is your chance to learn all the details about weight loss surgery and meet Dr. Nick Nicholson. More information and sign up form here on our website.

Gastric bypass and Lap-Band surgery are both proven tools to help you lose weight quickly, but many people don’t understand the difference between the two procedures. Gastric bypasses have been performed for many more years than Lap-Band surgery, but each procedure has specific characteristics. Each requires similar incisions and average recovery time, but they differ in these ways:

Lap-Band Surgery

• Average 36% excess weight loss in one year; average expected 60%-65% excess weight loss in 3-5 years
• Technically lower risk than gastric bypass
• No dumping syndrome discomfort
• Band may require multiple fills, at an additional cost, to be effective
• Typically day surgery

Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass

• Average expected 77% excess weight loss in 12-18 months
• Technically higher risk than Lap- Band
• Some dumping syndrome discomfortNo need for fills or adjustments
• Typically requires at least one night hospital stay

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