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This operation is performed by laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. The operation involves placing a silicon gastric band around the top to your stomach to create a small pouch. As food passes into this small pouch only small meals can be eaten and you end up feeling fuller sooner. Hence the band helps you reduce your portion size. The gastric band operation can be performed as a day case procedure or with an overnight stay in hospital. This is something the surgeon will discuss with you. Your surgeon will also explain the benefits and risks of having a gastric band, and will discuss alternatives which might suit your circumstances better. Therefore, it is important to keep an open mind. On average, people can lose up to 20% of their total body weight in the first two years after having a gastric band operation. You can lose more than this if you implement the appropriate dietary and lifestyle modifications and attend follow-up regularly. Your success will depend on working with the band and using it as a tool to help you achieve and maintain your weight loss goals. The team at TONIC will be behind you every step of the way. As with any weight loss procedure there is a risk of weight regain in the future if you do not adhere to the correct dietary habits. 

There is a new alternative for patients who constantly fail at weight loss. Those who have been through diets, pills, surgery, exercise and just aren't able to achieve desired weight loss or keep gaining back whatever excess weight they had gotten rid of, have now a new alternative able to kick-start their transition not only towards weight loss but to a new, different lifestyle while acquiring healthier eating habits. The Obalon Balloon weight loss treatment (an improved, faster method derived from the intragastric balloon system) is a short length method for those who have failed at any of the previously mentioned attempts at weight loss or just feel fearful about undergoing any kind of surgery. This safe procedure will depend -in the long run, though- on the patient's discipline at eating only the healthiest food possible. Patients looking forward to try the Obalon Balloon treatment have advantages like losing weight through a non-surgical procedure lasting no more than 15 minutes, without the need to be sedated, leaving not even the surgery room but rather the doctor's office during the same day the balloon is placed; and this process -unlike most weight loss surgical procedures- is reversible. This is how the Obalon Balloon system works... We know by now what the patient will not go through with this method. Now it is time to know what he/she has to undergo... 1. Patient swallows a capsule (helped by drinking a glass of water as with most pills) with a deflated balloon inside it.2. The balloon inside the capsule is already attached (that is before swallowing) to a slim catheter tube to inflate the balloon with gas once it is placed inside the upper stomach (and after being checked by x-ray to ensure proper placement).3. Once the balloon is inflated, the tube detaches from the capsule being removed quickly orally. This procedure takes no longer than 15 minutes. What balloons

The Lap Band System, also known as laparoscopic gastric banding, is an innovative surgical treatment developed to help you achieve significant reduction in excess body weight. Of all the surgical procedures for reducing the capacity of the stomach, laparoscopic banding is the least invasive. The Lap Band System is unique because the band’s diameter is adjustable to meet each patient's individual needs. Other procedures permanently alter the size of the stomach. The name "Lap Band" is an abbreviated and trademarked combination of the words representing the surgical technique and the product employed in this method (“Lap” from laparoscopic and "Band" from gastric band). Using Lap Band, Mexico / Mexicali  Dr. Alberto Aceves has helped more than 2500 patients achieve their weight loss goals. How does the Lap Band System work? The Lap Band System's silicone elastomer band is placed around the upper part of the stomach to create a new small stomach pouch which can hold only a small amount of food. The larger part of the stomach is below the band. The stoma (stomach outlet) controlled by the band between the two parts slows down the passage of food from the upper to the lower part of the stomach. This results in an earlier and longer-lasting feeling of satiety (fullness). To modify the size of the stoma, the inner surface of the band can be adjusted by adding or removing (inflating or deflating) saline, a salty solution similar to fluids found in the body. The band is connected by tubing to a reservoir which is placed well beneath the skin during surgery. After the operation, the surgeon can control the amount of saline in the band by piercing the reservoir with a fine needle through the skin. If the band is too loose and weight loss is insufficient, the stoma size can be reduced by adding more saline. If the band is too tight, the surgeon will remove some saline. This can be done in a clinic or radiology departmen

VSG /Sleeve gastrectomy, also known as vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a  procedure that restricts food intake in order to facilitate weight loss. Surgeons at MBC  have bee performing this procedure of the last 8 years laparoscopically, and remove approximately 85 percent of the stomach, leaving behind a small tube or "sleeve." Because the size of the stomach is dramatically reduced during this procedure, MBC gastric sleeve surgery patients cannot consume the same amount of food that they could pre-operatively. Over time, the restriction of calories and food intake, results in significant weight loss.   In addition, the removal of a portion of the stomach actually eliminates some of the hormones which can stimulate hunger. However, unlike other stomach stapling procedure, all of the stomach’s functions are preserved. This means that there are far fewer restrictions on the foods that patients can consume after the procedure. The amount of food that patients can consume, however, is considerably limited. As with all surgical weight loss programs, it is imperative that gastric sleeve patients adhere to a strict postoperative diet. Once goal weight is achieved, usually 1–2 years after surgery, most patients can consume about 1000–1200 calories per day. The Gastric Sleeve surgery technique used at Mexicali Bariatric Center has proven to have   far superior weight loss results long term than other techniques , patients lose 96% f their excess body weight in under 1 year and 94% of patients are keeping it off long term.