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  Could You Be Suitable For Gastric Lap Band Surgery?There are various forms of weight loss surgery available today including the quite new procedure of gastric lap banding which is gainng in popularity and is quickly becoming the preferred choice for many severely overweight or morbidly obese people. But are you a suitable candidate for gastric lap banding surgery?In providing an answer to this question we will start by assuming that you are suitable for weight loss surgery generally and that your only concern is whether or not you should consider lap banding. In very simple terms this would mean that you are over the age of 18, are severely overweight with a body mass index (BMI) in excess of 40 (or in excess of 35 with at least one co-morbid condition) and that you have already attempted traditional weight loss methods (including possible drug treatment) without any success. It is often thought that people facing weight loss surgery are merely overweight and it is very easy to forget that people who are severely overweight are more often than not suffering from a variety of other conditions, some of which result from the fact that they are overweight. It is the existence of these other conditions which normally creates a hurdle when it comes to choosing between different forms of surgery. Because gastric lap band surgery is a form of restrictive surgery in which the stomach is physically reduced in size to limit the quantity of food which can pass through the stomach and digestive system, it follows that this form of surgery is unlikely to be suitable if your esophagus, stomach or intestine are in any way abnormal. Such abnormality may be either inherited or acquired and a common problem experienced is a narrowing at one or more points along the digestive tract. Difficulties with the stomach or esophagus which may result in bleeding (such as esophageal or gastric varices � a dilated vein) would also rule out gastric lap band surgery, as will difficulties at the location where the band would be placed around the stomach, such as an injury, gastric perforation or scarring. Difficulties may also arise if you suffer from any form of inflammation or inflammatory disease within the gastrointestinal tract like ulcers, esophagitis or Crohn's disease. Finally, gastric lap band surgery is not considered suitable for pregnant women or for women who are contemplating pregnancy. Should pregnancy occur after gastric lap band surgery it is possible to deflate the band to compensate for the raised nutritional requirement however, where deflating the band does not do the trick, the band might have to be removed. One benefit of gastric banding is that the operation is reversible and, if it is necessary, the band can be removed returning the stomach to its original state. This can however also be a disadvantage of the system. Motivation is key to any form of weight loss surgery but becomes a particularly important issue in the case of gastric lap band surgery. Should there be any doubt about your determination to succeed then this form of surgery might not be a good option for you. Free Article Source: http://www.za77.org About The Author: GastricBypassFacts.info provides considerable information on gastric bypass surgery including before and after gastric bypass pictures |