The LAP-BAND® is an adjustable gastric banding system that has been designed and engineered to help with safe and effective weight loss. Since 1996, over 800,000 people worldwide have chosen the LAP-BAND® System, with hundreds of thousands achieving lasting, healthy weight loss
A minimally-invasive procedure places the band around your stomach to reduce the amount of food that you can eat at one time. You will feel full faster and longer. No amputation of the ‘ stomach is required.
On average, patients kept off 60% of their excess body weight after five years of having the LAP-BAND®.
Weight loss following the LAP-BAND® procedure has been shown to improve or resolve serious weight-related medical conditions, such as diabetes and asthma.