A new standard of excellence
Only the LAP-BAND® System offers the assurance of the LAP-BAND TOTAL CARE® program, a comprehensive set of best practices that provides training for your healthcare team with tools, information and support.
What does this mean for you, the patient? It means that your LAP-BAND® System Bariatric team can access the LAP-BAND TOTAL CARE® tools they need to give you the best care, information and support possible. These tools are designed to provide extra training to support surgeons and patients throughout the weight loss journey.
LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System has the experience, technology, and history of proven success to help you reach your weight loss goals for the long-term1,2.
If you are at least 30 pounds overweight, with a BMI of at least 30 kg/m2 and one or more obesity related comorbid conditions, you should know: the LAP-BAND® System may be able to help you lose weight — helping you to avoid weight-related health risks, and enjoy a more active lifestyle.
In fact, the LAP-BAND® System has been proven in studies to significantly reduce weight and body mass steadily and consistently with patients maintaining their weight loss over time.1,2,3
However, before you make any decisions about weight loss surgery, you’ll need reliable, detailed information.
In this section, you’ll find virtually all you need to know to get started. Plus, you’ll discover the incredible support that comes before, during, and after making the decision to lose the weight with LAP-BAND®.
- Data on file. Allergan, Inc. Irvine, CA. April, 2009.
- Directions For Use (DFU). LAP-BAND AP® Adjustable Gastric Banding System with OMNIFORM® Design. Allergan, Inc. Irvine, CA. 02/11. The LAP-BAND® System was approved in the United States on the basis of a nonrandomized, single-arm study (N=299). Significant improvement in percent of excess weight loss vs. baseline was achieved at 12 months (34.5%), 24 months (37.8%), and 36 months (36.2%).
- O’Brien PE, et al. Systematic review of medium-term weight loss after bariatric
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