Puget Sound Surgical Center - LAP-BAND Candidate - Seattle Weight Loss Surgery and Bariatric Experts


	LAP-BAND® Candidates The LAP-BAND® System is not right for everyone. Here are some of the things we will consider when evaluating your candidacy for obesity surgery. The LAP-BAND System may be right for you if: • You are at least 18 years old. • Your BMI is 40 or higher or you weigh at least twice your ideal weight or you weigh at least 100 pounds more than your ideal weight. Find out your BMI • You have been overweight for more than 5 years. • Your serious attempts to lose weight have had only short-term success. • You do not have any other disease that may have caused your obesity. • You are prepared to make substantial changes in your eating habits and lifestyle. • You are willing to continue being monitored by the specialist who is treating you. • You do not drink alcohol in excess. The LAP-BAND System is not right for you if: • You have an inflammatory disease or condition of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcers, severe esophagitis, or Crohn's disease. • You have severe heart or lung disease that makes you a poor candidate for surgery. • You have some other disease that makes you a poor candidate for surgery. • You have a problem that could cause bleeding in the esophagus or stomach. • You have portal hypertension. • Your esophagus, stomach, or intestine is not normal (congenital or acquired). • You have or have experienced an intra-operative gastric injury. • You have cirrhosis. • You have chronic pancreatitis. • You are pregnant. (If you become pregnant after the LAP-BAND System has been placed, the band may need to be deflated or removed altogether.) • You are addicted to alcohol or drugs. • You have an infection anywhere in your body. • You are on chronic, long-term steroid treatment. • You cannot or do not want to follow the dietary rules that come with this procedure. • You might be allergic to materials in the device. • You cannot tolerate pain from an implanted device. • You or someone in your family has an autoimmune connective tissue disease.

The LAP-BAND® System is not right for everyone. Here are some of the things we will consider when evaluating your candidacy for obesity surgery.

The LAP-BAND System may be right for you if:
• You are at least 18 years old.
• Your BMI is 40 or higher or you weigh at least twice your ideal weight or you weigh at least 100 pounds more than your ideal weight. Find out your BMI
• You have been overweight for more than 5 years.
• Your serious attempts to lose weight have had only short-term success.
• You do not have any other disease that may have caused your obesity.
• You are prepared to make substantial changes in your eating habits and lifestyle.
• You are willing to continue being monitored by the specialist who is treating you.
• You do not drink alcohol in excess.

The LAP-BAND System is not right for you if:
• You have an inflammatory disease or condition of the gastrointestinal tract, such as ulcers, severe esophagitis, or Crohn's disease.
• You have severe heart or lung disease that makes you a poor candidate for surgery.
• You have some other disease that makes you a poor candidate for surgery.
• You have a problem that could cause bleeding in the esophagus or stomach.
• You have portal hypertension.
• Your esophagus, stomach, or intestine is not normal (congenital or acquired).
• You have or have experienced an intra-operative gastric injury.
• You have cirrhosis.
• You have chronic pancreatitis.
• You are pregnant. (If you become pregnant after the LAP-BAND System has been placed, the band may need to be deflated or removed altogether.)
• You are addicted to alcohol or drugs.
• You have an infection anywhere in your body.
• You are on chronic, long-term steroid treatment.
• You cannot or do not want to follow the dietary rules that come with this procedure.
• You might be allergic to materials in the device.
• You cannot tolerate pain from an implanted device.
• You or someone in your family has an autoimmune connective tissue disease.

LAP-BAND® Candidates