Surgical Weight Loss
The LAP-BAND® Procedure at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center
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Less invasive. Fewer risks. Faster recovery.
With no cutting or stapling of the stomach, the LAP-BAND® System is up to 10 times safer than more extensive weight loss surgeries, such as gastric bypass or gastric sleeve. As effective as these procedures are, the LAP-BAND® System offers fewer risks and a generally faster recovery time — so you can be back to your normal activity in usually about a week’s time.
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212 Pounds lighter!
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How it’s done: step by step
In most cases, the LAP-BAND® System is put into place during a laparoscopic procedure, using general anesthesia. The procedure is performed using long, thin instruments inserted through a few tiny incisions (usually 0.5-1.5 cm). Often done on an outpatient basis, the surgery itself typically takes about an hour.
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Step One: Your surgeon implants the LAP-BAND® System around the upper part of your stomach, much like a belt.
Step Two: A tube is then connected from the LAP-BAND® System to a small access port, fixed beneath the skin of your abdomen.
Step Three: After the first four to six weeks, adjustments to the LAP-BAND® System are made through the access port. This is done as needed — more frequently in the first year — to maintain optimal weight loss, by adding or removing saline solution.
For even more information,you can download the following guidelines and lap band surgery counseling tools to review at your convenience.
The Lap-Band System – A registered Trademark of Allergan, Inc.
Practical Advice for Discussing and Understanding the Lap-Band Adjustable Gastric Banding System
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Meet the MARMC LAP-BAND weight loss team
Seated, left to right: Donna Lawson, Dr. Gregg Ginsburg
Back row, left to right: David Pinkley, Janis Zobrisky, Michele Rector
Mineral Area’s specially certified surgeon — providing LAP-BAND TOTAL CARE®
Gregg A. Ginsburg, M.D., FACS, is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and has been practicing in Missouri since 1996. He is a regular member of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery.
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Surgeons who perform the LAP-BAND® System procedure have been trained and certified — meeting our rigid standards for qualification. These standards include:
- Demonstrated surgical and advanced laparoscopic skills.
- Completed an Allergan training course (mandatory by the FDA).
Additionally, Allergan offers another level of certification: LAP-BAND TOTAL CARE®.
Surgeons dedicated to furthering their knowledge, experience and patient follow-up care are offered the LAP-BAND TOTAL CARE® certification program. Surgeons certified with this distinction have completed training in the following areas:
- Patient education and relationship management
- Medical requirements and assessments
- Financial requirements and sources
- The LAP-BAND® adjustable gastric banding system surgery-related issues
- Food choices and lifestyle management
- Regular adjustments and checkups
- Unsatisfactory weight loss and complications
- Whole body image
This minimally invasive surgery offers the hope of safe, substantial and permanent weight loss, and is covered by most insurance plans.
FREE educational seminars about Laparoscopic Gastric Banding are held on Wednesdays of odd-numbered months at 7:00 p.m., at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in the hospital Board Room. For reservations or more information, call 573-701-7412.
For information regarding other surgical weight loss options, you can find information by clicking here for Sleeve Gastrectomy or Gastric Bypass.