Thursday, July 19, 2018

Things You Need To Know About Gastric Band Surgery

Gastric banding surgery

Gastric band surgery or restrictive surgery is a weight loss surgery, where a surgeon uses one of the techniques to reduce the size of your stomach. Gastric band surgery limits the amount of food you can eat at one time. After gastric band surgery, you’ll feel full faster, stay satisfied longer, decreases your food and calories intake.

Many women suffering from obesity and they urge to do gastric band surgery. This surgery has its own cause where no longer you can intake more food. Gastric banding surgery in Melbourne is popular as many women prefer to do it. Here’s the list of things that you need to know about gastric banding surgery.

What is gastric band surgery?


The surgeon uses Laparoscopy in the upper part of your stomach and locked up to create two chambers, a small upper stomach with a narrow opening to the lower stomach. A gastric band is a soft and adjustable silicone band that causes food passage restriction. Inside the gastric band, a balloon is attached. The balloon is connected by a thin tube to an access point that sits below the skin on your abdominal wall which is called a port site. A plastic tube runs from the silicone band to a device just under your skin. As the band is puffed up your upper stomach outlet becomes smaller and this helps reduce the amount of food you eat and slows the emptying of food into the lower stomach.

What is the procedure of gastric banding surgery?


Adjustable gastric banding is minimal surgical incision surgery. You will be given a normal anesthetic before the surgery. You won’t feel any pain during the procedure. The surgery is done by using a tiny camera called laparoscope that is placed in your stomach and allows your surgeon to see inside your stomach. The surgeon will make one to five small surgical cuts in your abdomen through which they will place the camera and instruments to perform the surgery.  The surgeon will place the gastric band around the upper part of your stomach to create a small pouch with a narrow opening into the lower part of your stomach. Gastric banding surgery will take about one hour and requires staying one night in a hospital.

Getting prepared before gastric banding surgery


  • When preparing for any weight loss surgery you need to make a lifetime commitment to the dietary and lifestyle changes 
  • Tell your surgeon about any medications that you are taking like Vitamins, minerals etc
  • You need to follow a pre-operation diet to prepare your body before surgery.
  • You need to start your practice for eating slowly.
  • You will need to quit smoking for at least 30 days before and after gastric banding surgery.
  • Don’t drink alcohol for at least 48 hours before gastric banding surgery.

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