any long term data on lapband say 5,10,20 years out?

andielmt · September 15, 2007

im curious on the long term of the band. has anyone had it for a long time and were there any problems

andrea

Wendell Edwards · September 15, 2007

im curious on the long term of the band. has anyone had it for a long time and were there any problems
andrea

The Lap-Band was FDA approved in 2001, so it is unlikely you will find anyone in the USA that has been banded before that time, unless they were in the FDA trials.

ShineNSta · October 21, 2007

Hi andielmt I'm interested in the same... I keep reading about the long-term statistics of the band being not so good so it would be handy if some of the longer-term bandsters came out of the shadows and let us know whether they've had any issues/complications!

jacole1820 · October 21, 2007

ya, as far as i have researched, the people i have spoken to that have had it for 10+ years, they havent had any problems.

ShineNSta · October 21, 2007

Good to know! I thought YouTube would be a great source of information as far as watching people blog on their weight loss after WLS..but not the case. There seem to be a lot of medical practitioners trying to advertise WLS on YouTube..particularly the Mini Gastric Bypass.. there are a lot of videos on Youtube with people saying that 'lap band surgery is no longer the preferred long term solution' and that complications continue to increase with every year that a patient has the lap band..its very disheartening!! Even though I would still prefer the lap band over a gastric bypass I just want to hear it from people who have physically experienced it because its hard to know what to believe.