Post Lap Band
The lap band surgery has become an increasingly used weight loss surgery method. The advantage of this surgery is that it is a relatively simple procedure that is less invasive and carries a lower surgical risk than the gastric bypass surgery. Recovery time is short. The lap band is adjustable and easily reversible, unlike gastric bypass and has lower rates of nutritional deficiencies. Increasingly however, data from studies are showing that the lap band method has high long term failure rates. Thus, years after surgery, more patients are gaining weight back with the lap band than with gastric bypass. Also, the rate of weight loss is slower with the lap band and the total amount of weight that is lost is less than with the gastric bypass. The reason for these differences between the lap band and gastric bypass is that the lap band causes weight loss by restricting food intake at one point in the body, however, the gastric bypass surgery changes the body’s anatomy so that calorie intake and absorption are restricted at multiple points. Therefore, if you have had lap band surgery then you should consider following up with Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian, a bariatric specialist, to ensure the long term success of your surgery. You do not want to be in a position where you have spent your time, money and energy to get the lap band only to gain the weight back. Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian works with you on a individual basis, over the long run, to ensure that you lose as much weight with this surgery as possible and you do not become a statistic by gaining weight back. At times when other patients with this surgery have plateaued in their weight loss, the patients who follow up with Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian continue to lose weight in a steady fashion for years after the surgery. Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian also ensures that you remain healthy after your surgery and watches over you to make sure you do not develop medical and nutritional problems. Only an expert such as Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian has the knowledge and experience to maintain your health and keep your weight on track after lap band surgery. Below are the services offered by Dr. S.Y. Ghodsian to his post lap band surgery patients:
- Total health maintenance after surgery and prevention of medical complications
- Laboratory monitoring of nutrition, vitamins, and electrolytes
- Post operative weight loss management
- Prevention and management of weight gain after surgery
- Techniques for post operative weight loss success
- Nutrition counseling and support
- Fitness support
- Alternative vitamin therapy for those who cannot tolerate oral vitamins
- Intravenous iron therapy for those who cannot tolerate oral iron
- Psycho-social therapy and behavioral modification to maintain weight loss and prevent gain back
- Monitoring of cardiac, kidney, liver and bone health after surgery
- Support group meetings for those who have had weight loss surgery
- Evaluation, management, and adjustment of all pre operative medications for diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol
- Protein deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Anemia and Iron deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Vitamin deficiency evaluation and treatment
- Excessive weight loss intervention
- Nausea and vomiting treatment
- Sleep apnea and snoring evaluation and treatment
- Evaluation and treatment of lung disorders including COPD and asthma
- Osteoporosis treatment & prevention of bone loss after surgery
- Arthritis, joint and back pain treatment
