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What are the risks and complications involved with the LAP-BAND® System procedure?

April 26, 2017complications involved procedure system

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What are the risks and complications involved with the LAP-BAND® System procedure?

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Any gastric operation for obesity is major surgery and carries with it the risks associated with any complex operation. And although the LAP-BAND® System procedure is minimally invasive surgery, it is not without its own risks (laparoscopic surgery risks include: spleen or liver damage, damage to major blood vessels, lung problems, blood clots, rupture of the wound, esophagus/stomach perforation).