Failed (Slipped) LAP-BAND® Patient 1 Day Post Op

Dr Rutledge talks with failed Band patient with slipped band unable to swallow anything 1 day after band removal and conversion to MGB. LAP-BAND® patient talks about her Obstructed "slipped" Lapband removal and Mini-Gastric Bypass with Dr Rutledge. You can Email: (DrR@clos.net), or Call Dr. Rutledge Now at: 702-215-9550 The Mini Gastric Bypass (MGB) is a short, simple, successful and inexpensive laparoscopic gastric bypass weight loss surgery.

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[DrRRutledge]

Stunning New Research: "Placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice"

"The placement of a gastric band appears to be a disservice to many morbidly obese patients and therefore, in the current culture of evidence based medicine, the prevalent use of laparoscopic gastric banding can no longer be justified. " Dr. Guller from Toronto, Canada. Furthermore, they state: "There is mounting and convincing evidence that gastric banding is suboptimal at best. "

[ljtrowern]

The band doesn't fail; the patient fails.. If the band slips it is almost always the patients fault from throwing up too much.

[DrRRutledge]

Google "Lap Band Failure" and

1 week ago there were 219,000 hits with LapBand Failures!

1/15/2009 Google "failed lapband" increased to 397,000 citations...

[DrRRutledge]

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

[charmagne101]

Mine has eroded after almost 3 years and 140 weight loss. Surgery is Friday.

[heisgod1]

I have dropped  124 lbs in 4 years.i am down to 178 now but I have just started having some pain i will go to my dr. for a flora-xray in the morning..

[LACYSLOVELY29]

Nothing is 100% What I have found is that if you don't follow the program you will fail, and then there is medical error that can happen with anything. I had the lap-band in feb of this year and I've lost 96 pounds and it has been a fantastic tool! Somethings work for some people and some things don't. The other reason I've seen with the failed lap band is lack of education, you go out of country... you get what you pay for.

[LACYSLOVELY29]

Nothing is 100% What I have found is that if you don't follow the program you will fail, and then there is medical error that can happen with anything. I had the lap-band in feb of this year and I've lost 96 pounds and it has been a fantastic tool! Somethings work for some people and some things don't.

[chatawaykindly]

My husband wanted to get this done and now this video has convinced him NOT TO!

[12FlyMe]

Lap band seems inherently dangerous. You have to eat less anyway -- only if you eat too much with a band, you get sick or die.

Why not just pay someone to punch you if you eat too much?

Better yet, only have salmon, oranges, blueberris, and beans in your house, and only eat at home?

[MsSamlap]

DrR, I have no doubt the google numbers of failures are high - however as this is world-wide I was wondering on a regional level how common is this? I am booked for lap-band surgery and am researching every eventuality, just curious to know how common failure can be and what causes it. Does it have to be removed altogether when this happens? thks.