Laparoscopic Gastric Banding Woodlands

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Our gastric banding procedure allows your body to
lose weight at a moderate and healthy pace.
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Why Gastric Banding?
The gastric banding procedure allows your body to
lose weight at a moderate and healthy pace. No
trauma. No dramatic changes that can cause
long-term problems for your body.
The premise behind the gastric banding procedure
is basically to re-educate your stomach and your
body on how much it needs to eat. A band is
placed around the entry to the stomach which
creates a small pouch at the top.
This pouch is quickly filled each time you eat a
nd it allows food to be released from the top of
your stomach to the bottom in a slow manner.
Because the top of the stomach fills quickly, it
notifies your body that it is full. As you now
fell full much quicker than before, you eat less
and begin to lose weight at a normal and healthy
pace
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Benefits of Gastric Banding

• Very high success rate for both long-term and
  short-term weight loss and health
  
• No long-term recovery and no long-term hospital
  stay
  
• Decreased pain
• Procedure performed under general anesthesia
• Procedure takes between 30 minutes to one hour
• No cutting or stapling of the stomach
• Fully reversible
• Adjustable - band will be easily and quickly
  adjusted as you make progress or have other
  health issues
  
• Automatic enrollment in our TruYou after care
  program where we ensure you stay on track and we
  work through any issues, questions, or challenges
  you have

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How to Choose Doctor?

• Do you have a comprehensive preoperative
  criteria?
  
• Do you have a comprehensive postoperative
  program?
  
• Do you emphasize long-term care and goals? If so,
  how?
  
• Are you a member of the American Society for
  Bariatric Surgery or Texas Association of
  Bariatric Surgeons?
  
• Do you have support for nutritional and exercise
  counseling, psychological counseling, general
  medicine and radiological support personnel?
  
• How long have you been performing laparoscopic
  surgery?
  
• How long have you been performing laparoscopic
  gastric band surgery?

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Contact Us
The Woodlands Lap Band Address Richard S Wi
lkenfeld MD 8000 Hwy 242, Suite 123 Conr
oe, TX 77385. Phone [phone] Fax
936-321-3232 Website www.gastricbandingthe
woodlands.com E-mail Id info_at_gastricbanding
thewoodlands.com
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