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How Does a Lap Band Surgery Work?

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How Does a Lap Band Surgery Work?

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Lap Band Surgery is one of the most promising way that will reduce the increased body weight. This is a surgery in which the size of the stomach is reduced that will reduce the food intake and results in fast weight loss. But there are some of the precautions that can be followed after the surgery to reduce the chances of side effects and this is well explained in the lapband solutions book. 

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Preparation A lap band is a ring-shaped tube. Surgeons perform the operation using laparoscopic devices inserted through small incisions in the abdomen. Sometimes six-inch or longer incisions are required, including some to allow viewing scopes and lighting into the abdomen. Placing the Band While watching his moves on a monitor, the surgeon slips the lap band into place around the top portion of the stomach, dividing the stomach into a small upper pouch and a larger lower pouch. A thin tube leading from the lap band is implanted at the patient’s side, with its opening (the “port”) just under the skin. The surgeon uses a syringe to fill the tube with saline solution, causing it to plump up so that it stays in place. Monitoring the Band The lap band encourages weight loss in two ways. With the lap band in place, food must pass from the upper pouch of the stomach through the constricted area and into the lower pouch before entering the intestines, where more digestion takes place. Becaus

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