Stunning New Research Statement from Canadian Lap Band Group: "Placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice"
"The placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice to morbidly obese patients and therefore, use of laparoscopic gastric banding can no longer be justified. " Dr.'s Guller et al from Toronto, Department of Surgery, Ontario, Canada.
I am in Texas and have been banded since 2001. I throw up all the time and think I might have actually damaged my body from this. I watched a video of you and a woman that had a failed lap band procedure with good and bad eating days. That is exactly what I have experienced for the last 7 years, good eating days and bad eating days. I was just wondering if you can help my situation and if insurance is taken to cover the procedure.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Obes Surg. 2004 Nov, Laparoscopic conversion of lap band to gastric bypass: a review of 70 patients. Paris, France. Results of conversion of failed lap band to gastric bypass (GBP). 70 pts converted for: insufficient weight loss, gastric pouch dilatation, band migration or band intolerance. 4.3% converted to open surgery. Mean operative time was 4 hrs. Hospital stay 7 days! Early complication rate was 14%. Laparoscopic conversion of LapBand to GBP is a technically challenging procedure
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
Lap Band works-this is a surgeon taking isolated cases and bashing the band.Lots of people are successful with the band. I know surgeons that have patients that have had other Bariatric surgeries that gained the weight back.With the band they say not to eat bread anymore,so why does everyone keep trying?There is a loose set of rules with the band and avoiding bread and rice is one of the rules,chewing well too.
i'm also a little confuse, because i taught the band was a lot better, well i still think so,i mean everything is not always going to work for everyone,my sister had the gastric & she still has so much health problems, she even gain the weight back at one point.
Stunning New Research Statement from Canadian Lap Band Group: "Placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice"
"The placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice to morbidly obese patients and therefore, use of laparoscopic gastric banding can no longer be justified. " Dr.'s Guller et al from Toronto, Department of Surgery, Ontario, Canada.
DrRRutledge 1 year ago
To DrR: "Hi...I have had the Lapband for 3 years and I have lost 32 pounds ..."
** Read it and Weep;
Go to the internet;
Google "Lap Band Failure" and
Read over a Quarter of a Million stories of People with LapBand Failures!
Wait another Year and the Number will rise by the Hundreds of thousands
DrRRutledge 3 years ago
To DrR: "Hi...I have had the Lapband for 3 years and I have lost 32 pounds ..."
** Read it and Weep;
Go to the internet;
Google "Lap Band Failure" and
Read over a Quarter of a Million stories of People with LapBand Failures!
Wait another Year and the Number will rise by the Hundreds of thousands
DrRRutledge 3 years ago
CONCLUSION: As indicated by the worldwide trend, there is an ongoing change from restrictive bariatric procedures to malabsorptive procedures
Obes Surg. 2008 Oct 22. A Nationwide Survey on Bariatric Surgery in Germany-Results 2005-2007.
DrRRutledge 3 years ago
Dr. Rutledge,
I am in Texas and have been banded since 2001. I throw up all the time and think I might have actually damaged my body from this. I watched a video of you and a woman that had a failed lap band procedure with good and bad eating days. That is exactly what I have experienced for the last 7 years, good eating days and bad eating days. I was just wondering if you can help my situation and if insurance is taken to cover the procedure.
Thank you
SF
DrRRutledge 3 years ago
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
hazen066 4 years ago
Obes Surg. 2004 Nov, Laparoscopic conversion of lap band to gastric bypass: a review of 70 patients. Paris, France. Results of conversion of failed lap band to gastric bypass (GBP). 70 pts converted for: insufficient weight loss, gastric pouch dilatation, band migration or band intolerance. 4.3% converted to open surgery. Mean operative time was 4 hrs. Hospital stay 7 days! Early complication rate was 14%. Laparoscopic conversion of LapBand to GBP is a technically challenging procedure
hazen066 4 years ago
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
hazen066 4 years ago
Surg Endosc. 2007 Aug;21 1388 Lap revision from LapBand to gastric bypass. Houston, TX LapBand experience complications or fail to lose sufficient weight after the banding procedure. Study outcome of gastric bypass (GBP) revision surgery after a FAILED LapBand. Revision 28 months after banding. BMI before the LapBand 45 the BMI at revision was 43!!! Conversion from LapBand to GBP is needed for FAILED LapBand. Revision surgery is technically challenging
khazen1 4 years ago
Obes Surg. 2006 Feb Revision of failed lap band to gastric bypass. van Wageningen B et al, The most common bariatric surgical operation in Europe, lapband, has a high incidence of long-term complications and insufficient weight loss. We investigated 47 revisions to gastric bypass (GBP). The GBP, mean operating time was 3 hr and hospital stay was 7 days. Complications occurred in 17%. CONCLUSION: Conversion of LapBand to GBP is needed to treat complications of LapBand.
eprclos 4 years ago
He said, we have nothing against the lap band, it just didn't work for you. So there you go.
VANVALIS 4 years ago
Lap Band works-this is a surgeon taking isolated cases and bashing the band.Lots of people are successful with the band. I know surgeons that have patients that have had other Bariatric surgeries that gained the weight back.With the band they say not to eat bread anymore,so why does everyone keep trying?There is a loose set of rules with the band and avoiding bread and rice is one of the rules,chewing well too.
hellokatiecat 4 years ago
i'm also a little confuse, because i taught the band was a lot better, well i still think so,i mean everything is not always going to work for everyone,my sister had the gastric & she still has so much health problems, she even gain the weight back at one point.
riverland73 3 years ago