Lap Band Surgery Sydney, Gastric Banding | Weight Loss Dr Ken Wong

Types of Surgery

Lap Band Surgery/Gastric Band Surgery

Lap band surgery or Gastric band surgery helps people lose weight by helping them feel full more of the time.

The gastric band is an inflatable plastic band which is placed around the top of the stomach. This restricts the stomach to being a small pouch above the band. Effectively the stomach becomes slightly less than the size of a tennis ball.

With a much smaller stomach, people who have had Lap band surgery or Gastric band surgery can’t eat much more than a handful of food before they are completely full. If they do eat more than their smaller stomach allows, they may experience stomach pain and or vomit the food up.

The Gastric band is adjustable to suit you. If you are eating too much fluid can be placed in the band to tighten, or if you cant keep food down, fluid can be removed to loosen.

Sleeve Gastrectomy

A Sleeve Gastrectomy means that part of your stomach will be permanently removed After this removal, the remainder of your stomach is closed with staples.

This results in a feeling of less hunger and a fuller feeling more quickly.

As you will be eating less it is very important that what you do eat gives you the correct nutrients that your body requires.

It is very important that you keep in touch with Megan, our dietician as she will give you encouragement, support and advice on diet nutrition to achieve faster and best weight loss.

Central Coast Weight Loss and Minimally Invasive Surgery provide people with weight issues a specialist surgical and weight loss clinic. Dr Ken Wong, a specialist weight loss surgeon specialises in Lap Band Surgery, Sleeve Gastrectomy and other procedures requiring keyhole surgery.