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What are the risks involved with the lap band procedure? What is the complication rate with lap band surgery?

April 26, 2017band complication involved LAP procedure rate surgery

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What are the risks involved with the lap band procedure? What is the complication rate with lap band surgery?

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Major complications with the lap band are slippage and erosion. At the Obesity Surgery Center these complications have occurred in less than 1% of our patients. Other minor complications are leakage and infection, but these are even rarer than slippage and erosion.