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Dr. Roberto Rumbaut is a member of the Medical Advisory Committee for Bioenterics® LAP-BAND® System and a world-renowned expert in lap band surgery. Dr. Rumbaut’s use of lap band surgery in Monterrey, Mexico has yielded outstanding results among his more than 6,000 lap band patients. Overall, Dr. Rumbaut’s lap band surgery patients enjoy exceptional success with a mean excess weight loss of 67% within 18 months. If you are considering an adjustable gastric band please read on to discover its advantages and to learn how lap band surgery in Monterrey, Mexico can start you on your way to a new, healthier and happier lifestyle.

Lap band surgery as performed by Dr. Rumbaut in Monterrey, Mexico is one of the quickest, safest, and most effective weight loss surgical procedures available. Lap band surgery is minimally invasive, takes only about 45 minutes to complete, and requires just one overnight stay in the state-of-the-art bariatric surgery facilities at the San José Hospital in Monterrey, Mexico. Moreover, because lap band surgery does not alter the intestinal tract, the digestive system continues to function normally. This means that the risk of nutritional deficiencies, common with other obesity surgeries, is much reduced with the use of the adjustable gastric band. From the greater United States, Canada and Latin America, more and more individuals suffering from obesity are turning to Dr. Rumbaut for a thinner body and a more active life with the adjustable gastric band.

The term lap band surgery comes from a combination of the terms laparoscopic and gastric banding. Laparoscopic refers to the minimally invasive surgical technique that Dr. Rumbaut uses to perform lap band surgery. At the ultra-modern Monterrey, Mexico facilities, Dr. Rumbaut makes a series of very small incisions in the abdomen. Through these incisions he passes the laparoscope, or optical telescope, to guide him as he places the gastric band around the upper part of the stomach just below the esophagus, creating a small pouch.

Once the lap band surgery is complete, this new, small stomach fills quickly so you will feel full soon after beginning to eat. You will, consequently, consume much less food. The size of the opening between the two stomachs, also known as the stoma, is determined by the tightness of the adjustable lap band. As you progress with your weight loss, Dr. Rumbaut can make the band tighter by adding saline to the lap band. This is known as a fill. He may also widen the stoma under certain circumstances, such as pregnancy, by removing liquid from the lap band.

Since the gastric band may be adjusted, you enjoy the flexibility of deciding how quickly or slowly you want to lose weight, or whether you simply wish to maintain your weight. With the adjustable gastric band, upon your return to San Antonio, Austin, or wherever you call home, you are in control of your weight and your future.

At the Obesity Surgery Center, we require that a lap band surgery patient have a body mass index, or BMI, of at least 35, or 32 if they suffer from other obesity related illnesses. When you arrive for lap band surgery in Monterrey, Dr. Rumbaut and his team will conduct a preoperative screening to determine whether an adjustable gastric band and the lap band surgery procedure is safe and appropriate in your particular case.

Certain risks, including band slippage or port leakage due to erosion, do exist. Thus far, however, less than 1% of our lap band surgery patients in Monterrey, Mexico have experienced any of these complications. Other risks, which are common to all surgeries are bleeding and infection.

In addition to being North America’s foremost expert on lap band surgery, Dr. Rumbaut is an adjustable gastric band patient. He, his team and his staff are here to provide you with understanding and a new beginning. Please contact us to discuss lap band surgery in Monterrey, Mexico.

You may also want to consult The BioEnterics® LAP-BAND® System Patient Book for more detailed information regarding lap band surgery.