I got stuck in dilemma while reading about Lap Band surgery...found information on Gastric Bypass and Bariatric Surgery...Is there any difference between all these? Dear members, Can you please explain about types of weight loss surgeries?

Lap-Band placement will not be accomplished laparoscopically. This would continue the clinic stay.

Gastric bypass is a longer, more convoluted surgery that generally needs a stay of two or more nights.

Source: Lap Band Gastric Bypass Surgery

Is it true?

Regards,

Alice

Lap band is placed laparoscopically on the vast majority of people. Some do have to be opened up, but its rare. I was home four hours after my lap band surgery. I was back to work four days later. Some people need more time than that. The most I have seen someone take was two weeks to return to work. Some docs keep their lap band patients overnight at the hospital, some don't.

Gastric bypass is, from what I understand, much more invasive and does require more down time...about six weeks on average I think before returning to work from what I read. Its also, again, from what I read, several days in the hospital.

Thanks a lot gentylwind for your valuable information...

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Also, gastric bypass is not reversible. That was something major to me. I like that I can have the band removed if it becomes needed. With gastric bypass, if you have problems, they can't go back and put your anatomy back together.