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May 3, 2004

Can i ask ya'll a question? When ya'll had your band put in, did ya'll do major surgery or was it done Laparoscopic?

kellymoos · May 3, 2004

No major surgery here, it was done laparoscopic

GinnyWhite · May 3, 2004

Same here but I was pretty sore for the first 5 days afterwards.Ginny

Alexandra · May 3, 2004

Inamed's LapBand (and I assume the other manufacturers' as well) is DESIGNED to be placed laparascopically. Hence the name. I've been reading about this procedure for two years now and have never actually heard of anyone having it intentionally placed via an open procedure.

Is this a choice you're being asked to make? Or are you just curious?

GeezerSue · May 4, 2004

The opposite of Laporoscopic Surgery is not Major Surgery. The opposite of Lap Surgery is Open Surgery.

You can have really major surgery that (like the RnY, for example) done either laporoscopically or open. The LapBand is, as was stated, designed for laporoscopic placement.