All About Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery

By Ronald Patterson


For those individuals who struggle with their weight and are also at a high risk of contracting other illnesses because of their weight, then their doctor might recommend them to get the gastric banding surgery done. Laparoscopic weight loss surgery is another name for gastric banding and you can get it done quite easily if you live in New York.

The band is put in place to ensure that you cannot eat more than a certain amount of food. It is a very common type of weight loss surgery and the reason why its called laparoscopic is because a tiny camera named laparoscope is used to see inside the patient's belly during the procedure.

Usually, those people who are at risk and are severely obese are offered this type of surgery. But, these days many people get it done on their own just because they think it will help them to get in good shape. Although this procedure might be a good option for you but your doctor will always ask you to start off with maintaining a balanced diet and good exercise routine.

It should not be considered as a quick fix to tackle obesity because in reality, your life would be changed completely. Even after the surgery, you will have to exercise on a regular basis and eat healthy as well. Otherwise you may develop certain complications.

To recognize who can benefit from this treatment surgeons make the use of body weight and body mass index. Normally if a man's Body mass index is more than 40, he will be encouraged to consider this treatment because normal BMI ranges between 20-25. As far as weight, if a man is 100 kg more than the average weight and a woman is 80 kg over her weight then they have every right to undergo this particular treatment.

Like every other treatment, there are certain risks involved with this one as well. You should get familiar with all the risks and side effects before undergoing this treatment. In order to make sure you are fit and healthy to get the treatment done, your doctor will advise you to go and get some important tests done so that it can be established you are fit for the procedure.

It is the responsibility of your doctor to explain the whole process so that you know what would exactly happened. On the day of surgery, you would be advised not to eat or drink anything apart from medications given by the doctor. During the procedure, the stomach needs to remain empty and clean so this is the reason why you should abstain from consuming anything a night before the operation.

If everything goes according to the plan, then you can probably be discharged from the hospital on the same day and resume your normal activities after a day or two but its best to rest for a week or so just to make sure everything heals perfectly. You will have to follow the diet plan given by your doctor for the first few weeks and it would comprise of mashed food or liquids only.




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