The Gastric Band or (Lap-Band) surgery has been performed in Mexico since 1998. Our surgeon has plenty of experience ensuring the best results in short term and long-lasting results.
The LAP-BAND® System, placed at our Tijuana, Mexico, hospital, does not modify the gastro-intestinal anatomy but easily favors satiety that helps reduce food intake. Today, there are two brands of gastric bands approved by the U.S.F.D.A. the first is manufactured by Allergan and the other by Johnson & Johnson under the name of Realize.
Lap Band surgery is performed in Tijuana, Mexico with success due to the closeness with the San Diego International Airport allowing our patients to arrive from every part of the World, where they are picked up and taken to our facilities when the surgery will take place, pre-op testing evaluations and later on the procedure. The surgery time of Lap Band surgery is approximately 45 min. then you are taken back to your private room fully awake and ready to start walking for your recovery, the morning after a barium swallow (x-ray) will be performed with the first fill adjustment to confirm that everything is in position, post-op report and records are given and you are taken back to the five-star hotel, you stay one more night there and a ride back the San Diego. San Diego and Tijuana are border cities, adjacent to the Pacific divided by only a few miles, reason why their security is very similar as the Infrastructure.
LAP-BAND® System Criteria
Patients with BMI higher than 30 and that also have diabetes or hypertension are very good candidates for a weight loss surgery like the Lap-Band, which controls obesity and the related diseases associated with it.
- From obese teenagers to elder patients (13 -70 years old)
- BMI higher than 30 associated with diabetes or hypertension
- BMI higher than 35 not presenting diabetes or hypertension
- Patients with at least 2 years of excess weight
- Patients who have tried with exercise and nutritionist diet with bad results
- Will not show endocrine disease
- Patients who do not have addictions
- Be willing to improve the quality of life
What is the LAP-BAND® System?
The Lap-Band is an adjustable belt made out of silicone with a balloon inside the ring that regulates the food intake to the stomach, allowing weight loss. It is placed at the abdominal esophagus in the union with the upper part of the stomach. It is placed laparoscopically inserting a camera through little incisions for the dissection of the omentum and an esophageal tunnel, being this tunnel where the band is placed with a few non-absorbable sutures sewn in permanent form. The gastric band is a restrictive, reversible surgery in which a new gastric reservoir is created which can be regulated through a port with just one needle and this way the patient can decide how much weight he/she want to lose.
