what are the weight requirments to qualify for the lap band surgery?
To qualify for lap band surgery you must be considered to be clinically obese. To be considered clinically obese in the United States you must have a Body Mass Index above 40.
If the lap band breaks the only option is to have surgery.
Who does lap band with medical card in springfield il.
The Lap Band is a new procedure for weight loss. You will have to travel to Fort Worth for this procedure at Fort Worth Lap-Band.
If one wants LAP BAND surgery there are a few requirements before one can qualify. Then one can go to a hospital, but there are also many specialized clinics and the requirements there are different, but also more expensive.
I think you mean lap band, and you can search medical websites. Lap band can help you lose weight by inserting a rubberband around the top of your stomach.
It's actually called the "lap band" and not band lap. In this process a band is put around the part of the stomach internally to trick the stomach into thinking is smaller and thus fills up faster. http://www.lapband.com/
You can find reviews of the Lap Band surgery at http://www.viewpoints.com/Lap-Band-Surgery-reviews. You could also check out http://www.chasefreedom.com/lapband.html
Although lap band surgery is a very serious, major surgery, the mortality rate for lap band surgery patients is low compared to most other surgeries. Recent studies have shown that as low as 1 of 2000 lap band patients will experience any sort of lasting complications with less than 5% of lap band patients requiring re-operation. The actual morality rate of lap band surgery patients is less than 1%.
Visit www.gosculptura.com/bariatric/index.php for physicians who can help you with your lap band procedure in Argentina.
I had gastric by-pass and it was covered. I had a co-worker that had the lap band and it was also covered.