LAP-BAND®
- Portion Control
- Reversible
- Outpatient/Most Home Same Day
- Lose 50% Excess Weight in 1-5 Years*
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MOST COMMON
GASTRIC SLEEVE
- Portion Control
- Blunts Appetite
- Outpatient/Most Home the Same Day
- Lose 70% Excess Weight in 12 Months*
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GASTRIC BYPASS
- Portion Control
- Blunts Appetite/Helps Caloric Consumption
- Most Home Next Day
- Lose 70-80% Excess Weight in 12 Months*
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In each of these gastric procedures, the patient feels full faster as a significant potion of the stomach is removed or restricted from use as a result of the procedure.
Also common to the Gastric Sleeve and the Gastric Bypass is the absence of the "hunger hormone" which blunts the appetite significantly.
Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive technique where a video camera and surgical instruments are inserted through small abdominal incisions. Compared to open surgery, benefits may include a marked decrease in appetite.
Evidence shows that the Gastric Sleeve cures 90% of Type II diabetes patients and Gastric Bypass cures 95% of patients in the first 12 months. These are just two of the many life-changing, life-extending statistics of losing weight.
**Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, “Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults and Youth: United States, 2015–2016 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db288.htm