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Canada: 1-780-353-2491
GASTRIC PROCEDURES
Is this
procedure right for you?
Our team do
hundreds of these procedures every year as it is quickly becoming
a
popular method to help loose weight when all else fails.
Medical
Tourism with Medi Mexico Options gives you alternatives for controlling
your weight. Although this is a holiday think it over well as with any
surgery, thee may be risks, but if you need questions answered please call
or email. In our clinic
the procedure is coupled with an intensive nutritional therapy program and
a light exercise regime to help you to loose weight and remain as
healthy or healthier than before.
In addition to
our surgeons working with you, our nutritionist works with you to
further your care while your band is in place.
Many people loose from 47- 60 percent of their excess body weight. It can
truly be a life changing or saving procedure but great care should
be taken to make the decision of any gastric procedures.
Included in
your cost for the weight loss procedures is the amazing book Nutritional
Therapy by Michael D. Lee, to help
you, and keep you as healthy as possible.
Adjustable
Gastric Banding:
A Restrictive
Procedure
The procedure
our team use is less risky than the stomach staple or gastric bypass
procedures.
We do
not do these procedures any more in our
clinic.
The Adjustable Gastric Banding procedure is a purely restrictive
surgical procedure in which a band is placed around the uppermost
part of the stomach.
This band divides the
stomach into two portions: one small and one larger portion.
Since the stomach is
divided into smaller parts, most patients feel full faster. The band is adjustable
so if
the rate of weight loss is not acceptable, the band may be adjusted.
Normal digestion takes place adding to a healthier result.
Advantages
47.9 percent of type 2
diabetes cases are resolved.
Significant improvements
in overall cholesterol occur, including a boost in HDL levels.
70.8 percent of
hypertension cases are resolved or improved.
Patients lose roughly 47
percent of their excess weight.
The amount of food that
can be consumed at a meal is restricted.
Food passes through the
digestive tract in the usual order, allowing it to be absorbed fully by
the body.
In studies involving
more than 3,000 patients, excess weight loss ranged from 28 to 87
percent, with a minimum of two-year postoperative follow-up.3
Band can be adjusted to
increase or decrease restriction via an access port.
Surgery can be reversed.
Risks and Disadvantages
The access port may leak
or twist, which can require an operation to correct the problem.
Surgery may not provide
the necessary feeling of satisfaction that one has had enough to eat.
Dumping syndrome, which
may provide important warning signs, does not occur.
Band may erode into the
stomach wall.
Band may move or slip.
Weight loss is slower
than that following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
Costs of the
procedures:
Our price all
inclusive ( except air and food) is approximately$13,000 USD:
This price
includes all testing necessary for the procedure
Complete
physical exam. **
Accommodations
for 7 days
All
transportation to all appointments arranged by your facilitator.
Translating
services
Access to all
our other services including dental and cosmetic procedures at a
discounted price. (see add-on
In the USA the
average cost for this procedure is $25 000 USD
In Canada the
wait time is 3-6 months after you have gone thru extensive testing
including physiological testing.
PLEASE NOTE
** in many cases because the
candidates for this procedure are overweight, there are factors that can
make it difficult to perform this surgery.
A complete physical as well as a cardiac exam will
take place before any procedure is done. If for some reason you are found
to not be a good candidate for this procedure you will not be required to
pay for the surgery., however will be charged for any tests that were
performed as well as hotel and admin charges. All tests resultsare yours
to keep and take with you.
