Price of lap band surgery:

The Lap band surgical procedure has been approved in the USA. Clinical trials monitored by the FDA were done in selected hospitals around the country for the limited number of patients.

Lap Band procedures are done in USA. The price range for Lap Band surgery is $6900 to $9000. Airport taxes and surcharges not included.

Book with Planet Hospital, and should you need cosmetic surgery after your weight loss, we will provide you with one free flight to one of our hospital locations in Panama, Costa Rica, or El Salvador.

Reasons for making Lap-Band Surgery are:

1). because it is the type of prosthesis that will be used in the USA, as soon as the investigative trials are completed by the FDA. 2). because even if a non-expert in the field were to examine the two bands, they would note differences in the design, as well as the quality of silicone in favor of the LAP-BAND.

3). Behind the reputation of the LAP-BAND is a solid multi-national American company, BioEnterics.

4). In Europe, more than 60,000 LAP-BAND procedures have been done. You must be between the ages of 18 and 55, and at least 100 pounds overweight, or a Body Mass Index (BMI) of between 35 and 40+ to be eligible for this surgery (or a BMI of 35 with significant co-mobility). You should be in reasonably good health and your health information should include any current or past medical problems. Patients with severe and irreversible medical problems are considered ineligible for this surgical procedure.

Moreover, providing pre-op tests do not reveal any other problems. In other cases, the patient has an Ultrasound done to determine If they have developed gallstones; in that case the gallbladder is removed during surgery. Both surgical procedures can be done at the same time, at no additional cost.

Any gastric operation for obesity is major surgery and carries with it the risks that would go with any complex operation. Although, the LAP-BAND procedure is minimally invasive surgery, it is not without its own risks. Infections can develop around the stomach band or at the site where the reservoir is placed under the skin. In such an event, a patient would be required to stay in the hospital a few extra days for the infection to clear. Bleeding or injury to the spleen may require conversion to an open procedure. The access port or the band may leak and may need to be replaced. While the risk of dying during the operation is small (about 0.5 in 1000), there is a slight risk because of either a heart attack or a life-threatening blood clot passing into the lungs.

Hospitals will take care of those.

Cost of these procedures will be included in Lap-Band Surgery operation cost.

 

 

 

 



By: Johnsmith

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