PA Treatment and Healing State College
(814) 353-8273
www.pathtochange.org
1400 Fox Hill Road
Suite 300
State College PA 16803

Rehabilitation Services

Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment
Type of Care: Outpatient
Special Programs/Groups: Adolescents

Gastric Band Revision

After gastric band surgery, patients may need gastric band revision surgery for a number of reasons. A laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, commonly referred to as a lap band, is an inflatable silicone device that a surgeon wraps around the top portion of the stomach, via laparoscopic surgery, in order to treat obesity. The lap band could slip down, leading to a slow chronic condition or an acute condition requiring emergency surgery. Both circumstances ultimately lead to the gastric band not functioning the way it should. While each circumstance is different, treating these issues may require removing the lap band, repositioning the lap band or replacing the lap band all together. Removing the lap band obviously opens the door for potential weight regain. Gastric band erosion is another possible complication of lap band surgery. Lap band erosion occurs when the lap band burns a hole in the stomach, rendering the lap band ineffective. Patients may vomit blood as the first signal of lap band erosion. The most frequent symptom of lap band erosion is an infection around the site of the port. Due to erosion caused by the lap band, saliva leaks through the hole in the stomach and flows along the lap band tubing, causing the tissue under the skin of the lap band port to become infected. Gastric band revision treatment requires removing the lap band, resulting in no further weight loss surgery and a high likelihood of weight regain. The lap band may simply fail to produce the desired results and require revision bariatric surgery. Lap band is a restrictive weight loss surgery and some patients may not have the metabolism needed to lose weight with the lap band. Other patients may not be able to eat in the new prescribed way to achieve success after lap band placement. Gastric banding is the least invasive surgery of the bariatric kind. A gastric band surgical procedure using laparoscopic methods results in a shorter hospital stay, faster recovery, smaller scars, and less pain than open surgical procedures. The patient can continue to absorb nutrients from food normally. Gastric bands are made entirely of biocompatible materials, so they are able to remain in the body without causing harm. However, not all patients are suitable for laparoscopy. Patients who are extremely obese, who have had previous abdominal surgery, or have complicating medical problems may require the open approach.

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Healthy Snack Ideas

A child might enjoy trying the following foods: fresh fruit; fruit canned in juice or light syrup; small amounts of dried fruits, such as raisins, apple rings or apricots; fresh vegetables, such as baby carrots, cucumber, zucchini or tomatoes; low sugar, whole grain cereal with low fat milk. Foods that are small, round, sticky or hard to chew, such as raisins, whole grapes, hard vegetables, hard chunks of cheese, nuts, seeds and popcorn, can cause choking in children under age 4. These foods are okay for young children with a little preparation, for example, by cutting grapes into small pieces and cooking and cutting up vegetables. Always watch a toddler during meals and snacks.