Lap Band Complications & Follow-up Visits

No matter if you are thinking of having lap-band surgery or you already had it, you should always remind yourself that this is indeed a great tool which offers you the opportunity of a new beginning, but it does not erase all the bad habits and eating patterns, which can now lead to lap band complications.

At our clinic we have a strict program of follow-up visits so that we avoid lap band complications as much as possible. Therefore, during the first year after surgery, each three to four months and at least one appointment every six months after that is solicited. This is very important to get extra support in your weight loss journey and to make sure that lap-band complications are being avoided.

What is the possibility to have lap band complications?

Like all other surgeries, lap band surgery can have complications, because the body can react in different ways to the gastric band. However, the surgeon’s experience, skills and thinking can make a huge difference. We don’t want to brag, but our statistics reveal this. General statistics show that 5% of the patients suffer from severe gastric banding complications and need to repeat the operation. However, we have succeeded to obtain a 3% complications rate among our patients and this is due to our great bariatric surgery support services, which help the patients get back on track and follow the doctor’s restrictions.

Signs of Lap-Band Complications

It is always the best to respect your follow-up schedule, as there might be lap-band complications that are noticed only by the doctor: for example, you could have problems with the port and not know about them until the first meeting for the lap-band adjustment. You will know this when you will feel no difference in restrictions, even though you had your surgery some time ago. The X-Ray will confirm the doctor’s suspicions and will also say if it is a lab-band slippage or not.

You can avoid lap band slippage by avoiding over-eating and respecting all the lap band nutritionist’s recommendations, but also having regular check-up visits.
If you need any information on lap band surgery performed in Chicago, lap band complications or if you want to find out more about our comprehensive weight loss program at DayOne, call us at 312-239-3838 or request an appointment.