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Benefits of a Gastric Band

Benefits of a Gastric Band

The benefits of a gastric band are as follows:

 

  • Weight loss.  Most weight is lost in the first 1-2 years.

  • Follow up data indicate 50-60% of excess weight is lost at 5 years

  • Improvements in the “co-morbidities” of obesity – mood, mobility, exercise capacity and sleeping patterns

  • Improvements in blood pressure, diabetes and cholesterol levels

  • The procedure is fully reversible

  • The anatomy of the stomach is not altered in any way

  • Short hospital stay (usually overnight)

  • Gastric band surgery does not affect the absorption of food and nutrients through the intestines

  • In the hands of a good surgeon this is a low risk procedure

  • For some, gastric banding is not merely life-transforming, but life-saving