How long is surgery?

[3mommy 52]

How long does the Lapband surgery take?

[Desert cactus 10]

my Dr. said was 30 to 45 minutes.

[stept04 465]

Mine took 1 hour, and I had a small hernia repair too.

~~~Stephanie

[beanie80 146]

Mine was about 35 minutes. I did not have a fatty liver or any complications/co-morbidities. My BMI was also 34.8 when I went in to surgery, so I guess I am a borderline 'low BMI' bandster. Everyone is different so please overestimate the time when you tell family/friends waiting for you. They will watch the clock and if you aren't done exactly when you said you would be they will be worried sick.

[aviva1979 375]

Mine was abt 50 minutes - but it was a cpl hours before I was awake enough to understand that my fam was there to visit me. I was inpatient tho so wasn't waiting on a ride.

[NYC1992 135]

Mine was half an hour, but I don't remember falling asleep at all. Felt like 10 seconds later I heard "we're done!"

[Debbie3sons 1,936]

My Doc said it was a hr and he did fix y hiatal hernia then they woke e up 30 in after , my mother had waited till she knew I was awake not alert just awake then I stayed one night in the hospital and she came and picked me up , but the surgery took a hour of course the initial waiting at the hospital for them to get me ready was about a half hour then they rolled me in gave me the med to put me to sleep was abot 10 in and that was it so it goes pretty quick .