Uh, yeh, i was curious cause i was hearing its 20-30min is this true?

Im not banded yet but my Dr. told me it would take about an hour.

i thought it was a short procedure ... doesn't gastric bypass a 5-7 hour procedure?

Joe the actual procedure without complications is about an hour. The prep time is most likely about 20 min as well.

The bypass is a long procedure and I was say it is a safe guess of 5 - 7. I wouldn't expect it to be less than 4 hours.

Mine was just around 1 hr to 1 and a half hours.

I guess it depends on the surgeon but my surgeon generally spends 35- 45 minutes doing the procedure. He said if the liver is enlarged it makes the procedure take longer. But unless there are complications I think the surgery generallly is done under an hour. Bypass surgery or RNY does take 4 - 5 hours because the stomach and intestines are cut and rerouted. The recovery time is much longer as well.

I was in pre-op for 1 hour, then surgery for 1 hour, then recovery for 1 hour. then to my room for overnight.

1 to 1 1/2 hours later I was in recovery!!!

from the time I entered the OR till I woke up in recovery - it was about 1 hour!

My doc said that the surgery actually takes about 45 min although if there are any complications at all like large liver or fat around stomic that it will take little longer.

I know my doc put me on an Atkins type style pre-op diet to help shrink the liver. Even if yours doesn't make you do it, it still might be a good idea. It's only for a week, and it actually helped me to get a head start on healthier eating.

I just watched supersize me and there is a team of doctors that do lap RNY as a tandem (sp?) proceedure and it takes them less than 45 mins. Maybe on day lapband will be a 15 min thing too? As medicine progresses surgery time shortens, I guess. ~Mandy

my surgery time was 30 minutes

Would you recommend it to others?

How much weight did you lose?

Did the erosion case health issues?

I was under 39 minutes.

My doctor told me it would take as long as he needed. Then I think it was about an hour and 15 minutes.

It took less than an hour and more than 30 minutes for me.