Bariatric surgery poised for growth
There is an increasing demand for bariatric surgery in the U.S. The American Society for Bariatric Surgery estimates 177,600 Americans had bariatric surgery last year, up from 36,700 in 2000.
Lap Band and gastric bypass are both popular, but Lap band is gaining the edge over the more radical gastric bypass which is more expensive and can result in complications leading to death.
Surgeon Todd Eibes at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines says that the surgery holds hope for those who have tried and failed to lose weight by other ways. He specializes in weight-loss surgery and has done at least 24 Lap-Band procedures in the last year with about 200 more patients signed up. Eibes who has performed close to 400 gastric bypass procedures, expects 85 percent of his future surgeries will involve the Lap-Band.
According to Eibes the band procedure has the added advantage of price.Band surgery costs about $15,000,and gastric bypass,$25,000; although weight loss in the former is not as quick.
The chief beneficiary of bariatric surgery will be the country's medical system. 60 percent of the obese patients who have diabetes get over the condition after the surgery. Once diabetes is brought under control health care costs could be cut drastically.
Dr. Scott Shikora,surgical professor at Tufts University in Boston and a member of the bariatric society's executive council, also foresees a growth in the popularity of the Lap- Band procedure .Shikora however says that the gastric bypass version is still a better option for some patients especially those with severe diabetes.
Bariatric surgeons at Des Moines' Mercy Medical Center who perform gastric bypasses, have taken training to perform the Lap-Band procedure.
They expect that the risks associated with gastric bypass will make more patients opt for the Lap-Band procedure.
It is to be noted that patients must stick to a program of dieting and exercise for banding to be effective. Gastric bypass patients lose weight weight even if they do not observe a strict regime.
If a second brand of gastric banding equipment,get the approval of federal regulators the resulting national marketing campaign would make bariatric surgery more popular.
Lap band vs Gastric Bypass
Lap Band and gastric bypass are both popular, but Lap band is gaining the edge over the more radical gastric bypass which is more expensive and can result in complications leading to death.
Surgeon Todd Eibes at the Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines says that the surgery holds hope for those who have tried and failed to lose weight by other ways. He specializes in weight-loss surgery and has done at least 24 Lap-Band procedures in the last year with about 200 more patients signed up. Eibes who has performed close to 400 gastric bypass procedures, expects 85 percent of his future surgeries will involve the Lap-Band.
According to Eibes the band procedure has the added advantage of price.Band surgery costs about $15,000,and gastric bypass,$25,000; although weight loss in the former is not as quick.
The chief beneficiary of bariatric surgery will be the country's medical system. 60 percent of the obese patients who have diabetes get over the condition after the surgery. Once diabetes is brought under control health care costs could be cut drastically.
Dr. Scott Shikora,surgical professor at Tufts University in Boston and a member of the bariatric society's executive council, also foresees a growth in the popularity of the Lap- Band procedure .Shikora however says that the gastric bypass version is still a better option for some patients especially those with severe diabetes.
Bariatric surgeons at Des Moines' Mercy Medical Center who perform gastric bypasses, have taken training to perform the Lap-Band procedure.
They expect that the risks associated with gastric bypass will make more patients opt for the Lap-Band procedure.
It is to be noted that patients must stick to a program of dieting and exercise for banding to be effective. Gastric bypass patients lose weight weight even if they do not observe a strict regime.
If a second brand of gastric banding equipment,get the approval of federal regulators the resulting national marketing campaign would make bariatric surgery more popular.
Lap band vs Gastric Bypass
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