Patient ManagementClinical ProceduresTreatment Outcomesgastric band surgerystomach
What kind of follow-up care will I have after gastric band?
The first postoperative visit for gastric banding patients will be 2-3 weeks after discharge, and the second will be 5-6 weeks after discharge. At the 5-6 week follow-up appointment, we consider your first band adjustment. Visits are scheduled every 2-4 weeks until the band is properly adjusted for you. Here, Mr. Ahmed Ahmed talks about the follow-up care after having a gastric band.
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With regards to follow-up care after gastric band surgery, it is imperative that patients return to their medical team at least once every month in order to have the gastric band and fills or adjustment. With the gastric band, the device is around the stomach, but there's also tubing which connects it to a port which is under the skin. And the healthcare team will access that port in the clinic environment with a needle to put liquid into the port, which will then be transmitted into the band to gradually tighten it. So patients need roughly at least three or four visits at one month intervals in order to gradually tighten the band to get it to the right caliber so it's actually working. Without these adjustments and follow-ups, the band will not work.
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