In the Obesity Surgery Center by Laparoscopy, we have served more than 3,000 patients, performed successful procedures such as the LAPBAND® Surgery (which restricts food ingestion) and the Gastric Bypass (which interrupts the digestive process), using the surgery technique by Laparoscopy (minimally invasive).

The Band used in the Lap-Band surgery is the LAP-BAND by INAMED, made with the highest quality materials for the human body.

It is a marvel of the recent surgery technology.The band has a soft, inflatable inner lining that can be filled with fluid to tighten or loosen its grip.

This goes around the top of the stomach, creating a small pouch. The port, or reservoir, is placed on the left side of the patient’s body, under the skin.

It has a self-sealing area where fluid can be injected or removed to open or close the band and allow or restrict the food passage from the pouch to the stomach

This device is FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved. You can see this information on thee FDA's web page.

Information about the surgery:

Parts of the Lap-Band adjustable band system :

• Gastric adjustable band
• Access port (reservoir)
• Connection tube
  
  
  
  

Click on the image to watch a video of the Lap-Band system.

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According to the American Society or Bariatric Surgery and that National Institute of Health, the gastric Derivation in Roux-en-Y, or Gastric Bypass, is at present the best way to lose weight.

This is one of the most common procedures in the USA. The procedure is done by dividing the small intestine 15 to 40 cm downstream from the ligament of the treitz (where the jejunum begins). The length of the Roux limb, the segment that attaches to the stomach pouch later in the surgery, is measured.

The stomach is cut, using a device that simultaneously divides the tissue and places staples to seal the tissue on each side of the cut. This creates a small pouch, or stomach, on the bottom end of the esophagus.

The rest of the stomach is not extracted, but remains completely closed and separated from the gastric band. The orifice of exit of this recently formed bag evacuates directly towards the lowest portion of the jejunum, where the absorption of calories is eluded. Another end joins to the lateral part of Roux’s ramification of the intestine, which makes a “Y”, which gives the procedure its name.

The length of either intestine segment can increase in order to produce low or high levels of bad absorption .

The characteristics of the Surgery are:

To see a video of how the Gastric Bypass Surgery is performed, please click on the image.

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In the last decade, they have used diverse laparoscopic procedures in general surgeries. In fact, the laparoscopy has become the predominant procedure in some áreas of surgery and has been used in the obesity surgical treatment for several years, and is considered by many as the third revolution in surgery, after anesthesia and antibiotics.

In the laparoscopy procedure, four minor incisions are made, occasionally with minor complications (hernias, abscesses, and pain).

The patient will recover in less than one week .

A small video is placed in the abdomen. The surgeon watches the procedure through a separate monitor. The majority of the laparoscopic surgeons believe that this gives them a better view and access to the critical anatomical structures.

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