In my weekly “crawl” for articles and information on bariatric weight-loss surgery, I stumbled across this article on the Albuquerque Tribune’s website.
The article gives a good overview of Lap-Band surgery, offering info on typical results after surgery, what to expect, etc.
Here’s an excerpt:
“Since these procedures are minimally invasive thanks to advances in laparoscopic surgery, recovery generally is speedy. Gastric bypass still requires at least an overnight hospital stay, but the Lap-Band procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis. While these are reversible in theory, they rarely are because doing so will result in weight gain.”