Lap Band Surgery For Teenagers

If there is an ideal procedure for adolescents looking to control their weight, the Lap Band is it! The fastest growing group of obese people in the U. S. is teenagers! The Lap Band has been used to safely and successfully to control obesity in teenagers. The teenage years are often filled with issues of self-esteem and peer pressure without adding to it the shame and isolation obesity causes.

Teenagers struggling with obesity are handicapped to live and learn a normal life. A thorough evaluation of the patient is necessary, including an interview with the parents. The teenager needs to understand the procedure and how it works. Psychological, nutritional and pre-operative assessments are performed prior to surgery. Surgery is, as always, performed under the strictest guidelines for safety.

The Lap Band gives new hope to those who have weight gain after bypass surgery!

Our team can place the Lap Band over a previously failed weight loss surgery with very good results. The objective is to place the Lap Band around the highest part of the stomach and restrict the ability to overeat. Patients regain early satiety and fullness after eating, which in turn results in weight loss.

You may be a candidate if you have previous weight loss surgery (Gastric By-Pass, Vertical Banded Gastroplasty) and the following:

• Loss of early satiety, ability to eat more and less restriction.
  
• Weight gain after initial weight loss
  
• Unsatisfactory weight loss after initial surgery