The International Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Team

The International Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery Team
310 East 70th Street, #2E
New York, NY 10021-8611, USA

For questions of a medical nature
and surgeon feedback

In Italy:
Dr. Franco Favretti
ffavret@obesitylapbandsurgery.com
Dr. Gianni Segato
gsegat@obesitylapbandsurgery.com

In Mexico:
Dr. Roberto Rumbaut
rrumbaut@obesitylapbandsurgery.com

In Belgium:
Dr.Guy-Bernard Cadiere
coelio@obesitylapbandsurgery.com
Dr. Jacques Himpens
himpens@obesitylapbandsurgery.com

In Switzerland:
Dr. Andreas Osterwalder
osterwalder@obesitylapbandsurgery.com

Founders:
G. B. Cadiere, M.D., Ph.D Surgical Department, Free University, Brussels (Belgium)
F. Favretti, M.D. Obesity Center, University of Padua, Padua (Italy);
Surgical Department, Regional Hospital, Vicenza (Italy)
Members:
R. Rumbaut Diaz, M.D. Centro Medico San Jose, Monterrey (Mexico)
A. Osterwalder, M.D. Ars Medica Clinic Lugano (Switzerland)
J. Himpens, M.D. Surgical Department, Free University, Brussels (Belgium)
G. Segato, M.D. Obesity Center, University of Padua, Padua (Italy);
Surgical Department, Regional Hospital, Vicenza (Italy)

Dr. Guy-Bernard Cadiere and Dr. Franco Favretti were the first to develop and standardize the laparoscopic application of the LAP-BAND System. Together with other ILOST surgeons, they have performed the procedure on more than 2,300 patients with the lowest reported rate of complications. The ILOST team of surgeons can provide the necessary follow-up after surgery.

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LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System is a minimally invasive surgery that involves applying a prosthesis (the LAP-BAND) around the stomach—creating a small gastric pouch—and a calibrated opening to the rest of the stomach.
The advantages of LAP-BAND surgery include:

Reduced surgical trauma and pain

Less invasive for the abdominal wall (requires small incisions of 5 to10 millimeters) and for the stomach (no cutting or stapling of the organ is needed)

Shorter hospitalization than standard surgery

Respect of the anatomical and functional integrity of the stomach without by-passing portions of the stomach or intestines

Individualized to the patient's needs via inflation or deflation of the band

Fully reversible by simply removing the band.
How It Works:

By creating a smaller gastric pouch, the LAP-BAND System limits the amount of food that the stomach will hold at any time. The inflatable ring controls the flow of food from this smaller pouch to the rest of the digestive tract. The patient will feel comfortably full with a small amount of food. And because of the slow emptying, the patient will continue to feel full for several hours reducing the urge to eat between meals.

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