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What are the risk factors during and immediately following LAP-BAND surgery?

April 26, 2017immediately lap-band risk factors surgery

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What are the risk factors during and immediately following LAP-BAND surgery?

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A. Any gastric operation for obesity is major surgery and carries with it the risks that would go with any complex operation. Although the LAP-BAND procedure is minimally invasive surgery, it is not without its own risks. Infections can develop around the stomach band or at the site where the reservoir is placed under the skin. The access port or the band may leak and may need to be replaced (although this is very uncommon). While the risk of dying during the operation is small (about 1 in 10000), there is a slight risk because of either a heart attack or a life-threatening blood clot passing into the lungs (pulmonary embolism).