Surgical Associates of La Jolla – Weight Management Division

LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System

The Surgeons Weight Management Division are a group of highly qualified physicians serving San Diego and North County. We offer an array of general and advanced surgical procedures aimed at helping our patients improve their health, as well as their lifestyles. Among the procedures offered at our Weight Management Division practice is the LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System. This minimally invasive surgical approach allows patients to lose weight with minimal scarring and reduced post-surgical pain. Contacting our surgeons in San Diego is the next step in deciding whether LAP-BAND® Gastric Banding surgery is right for you.


LAP-BAND® System Gastric Banding Surgery

LAP-BAND® surgery is a minimally invasive surgical approach performed to help reduce a person’s food intake. The LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding system automates the weight management process by allowing for a personalized, healthy rate of weight loss. LAP-BAND® System surgery is specifically designed for long-term weight management and does not require any additional surgeries for adjustment.

LAP-BAND® surgery does not require a permanent reconfiguration of the digestive tract. Instead, an inflatable silicone gastric band is placed around the upper portion of the stomach to constrict food intake. The surgeons at our Weight Management Division center are uniquely qualified to perform gastric banding surgery on an out-patient basis. To minimize scarring, LAP-BAND® surgery is usually performed by our surgeons using closed laparoscopic techniques. During gastric banding surgery, small incisions in the abdominal wall allow the gastric band to be carefully placed around the upper part of the stomach to manage food intake.

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LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System

Weight loss surgery is a life-changing experience requiring your full commitment. With the adjustable LAP-BAND® System, you and your physician are able to manage your weight loss according to your specific goals. Your doctor is able to make the necessary adjustments in the weight loss regulation mechanism by tightening or loosening the gastric band as conditions dictate.

Because the LAP-BAND® System uses a silicone ring filled with saline solution, your surgeon can adjust the LAP-BAND® System by adding or removing the saline contained inside the ring. When the correct tightness is reached, patients should be able to satiate his or her hunger with a smaller amount of food than before surgery. To control the rate of weight loss, your surgeon can simply tighten or loosen the gastric band as necessary. When the band is optimally adjusted, many patients typically do not feel hungry fro 5-6 hours after their most recent meal.

The silicone ring creates a stomach pouch which holds a smaller amount of food. This pouch is in turn connected to an access port, secured beneath the abdominal skin. This access port allows your physician to adjust the LAP-BAND® System by tightening or loosening the gastric band without the need for further surgery.

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Advantages of LAP-BAND® Gastric Banding Surgery

The LAP-BAND® System offers many benefits over other weight loss procedures such as gastric bypass. Gastric banding offers the most flexibility in managing weight loss and controlling food intake. Because LAP-BAND® surgery is minimally invasive, scarring and recovery time are reduced. As compared to gastric bypass, LAP-BAND® surgery does not require intestinal re-routing or stapling of the stomach wall. Because gastric banding surgery is an out-patient procedure, shorter hospital stays and recovery time allow for resumption of work-related activities within a week. The LAP-BAND® System also carries a lower risk of post-surgical nutritional deficiencies and other side effects. Moreover, the adjustability of the LAP-BAND® System allows for a more personalized management of your weight and can even be removed altogether. In case of a pregnancy, our surgeons at the Weight Management Division center can adjust the gastric band to allow for an increased nutritional intake.

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Contact Weight Management Division – LAP-BAND® System Gastric Banding in San Diego and North County

The surgeons at our Weight Management Division center are among the most qualified and knowledgeable professionals in their respective fields. To learn more about LAP-BAND® surgery and gastric banding surgery, contact Surgical Associates of La Jolla, serving San Diego and North County.

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Surgical Associates of La Jolla
Dr. Paul Hyde
Dr. Mark Sherman
Dr. Cheryl Olson
9850 Genesee Ave., Suite 660
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 452-5054
Fax: (858) 452-5097

Weight Management Division
Dr. Mark Sherman
Dr. Cheryl Olson
9850 Genesee Ave., Suite 660
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 452-5054
Fax: (858) 452-5097