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Surgical Solutions : Laparoscopic Gastric Band Surgery (Lap Band)
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In general, most patients find that they are unable to easily tolerate red meat, pasta, rice, fresh bread and fibrous foods. You will be asked to eat three meals a day with one planned snack, chew your food very well and swallow slowly. You must only drink either no or low caloric beverages and wait at least one hour between eating and drinking.
Success rate in term of weight loss is heavily dependent on choosing the right surgeon, the right patient, post op regular follow up including monthly band adjustments and nutritional counseling. We have more than an 85% success rate in term of losing 50% of the excess weight within the first six months. No wonder that gastric banding is gaining huge popularity around the world and surgeons in the United States are reporting an eight months waiting list for the surgery.
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