The LAP-BAND® AP System is the safest and least invasive weight-loss procedure in the world. A safe alternative to the more invasive gastric bypass surgery. The LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric BandingSystem has the technology, experience and history of proven success to help you reach your sustained weight-loss. If your BMI (body mass index) is greater than 35 you should know: the LAP-BAND® System may be able to help you lose weight and keep it off. The LAP-BAND® can help you avoid weight-related health risks like so you can live a healthier life. Doing more of the things you want to do and achiving a better quality of life is bot of our goals. Below are helpful tools that will However, before you make any decisions about weight loss surgery, you’ll need reliable, detailed information. In this section, you’ll find virtually all you need to know to get started. Plus, you’ll discover the incredible support that comes before, during, and after making the decision to lose the weight with LAP-BAND®.

Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy (VSG)

During this procedure a bariatric surgeon removes about 85 percent of the stomach so that it takes the shape of a tube or sleeve. This operation is performed laparoscopically, meaning that the surgeon makes small incisions as opposed to one large incision. He or she inserts a viewing tube with a small camera (laparoscope) and other tiny instruments into these small incisions to remove part of the stomach. The tube-shaped stomach that is left is sealed closed with staples.

 

Gastric Bypass Roux-en-Y

In a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the stomach is made smaller by creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach using surgical staples or a plastic band. The smaller stomach is connected directly to the middle portion of the small intestine (jejunum), bypassing the rest of the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine (duodenum). In a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, the stomach is made smaller by creating a small pouch at the top of the stomach using surgical staples or a plastic band. The smaller stomach is connected directly to the middle portion of the small intestine (jejunum), bypassing the rest of the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine (duodenum).