Useful information!

For those of you having a difficult time getting insurance approvals from your insurance co and newbies who want more info and for everyone else who wants detailed info about the lapband:

Hi Everyone,

I was looking around at some stuff on the the internet about the Lapband. I found the coolest home study and certification course for surgical nurses that are members of the AORN, which was published in May this year about the lapband. It is by far the most accurate information I have found including pre op, post op and the operation and how it is performed. The link is:

www.aorn.org/journal/homestudy/may03a.pdf

This information might be useful for people trying to appeal with their insurance co because it shows statistics of all bariatric procedures and according to the AORN, they quote that lapband patients lose 50-75 percent of their excess weight by year three and the numbers looked even better than the bypass. They also have a list of references and professionally published papers that support these figures. Cooh!

Babs in TX

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6/23/03