The Most Widely Used Adjustable Gastric Band
in the World

The LAP-BAND AP™ SYSTEM restricts the amount of food your stomach can hold with an inflatable band placed around the stomach, creating a small pouch. This limits the amount of food that can be eaten and increases the time it takes for your stomach to empty. So, you’re eating less and taking longer to digest—resulting in weight loss.

Worldwide, more than 500,000 LAP-BAND™ SYSTEMS have been placed. And, unlike some surgical weight-loss options, it’s both adjustable and reversible; if you and your surgeon decide to remove the LAP-BAND AP™ SYSTEM, your natural anatomy will function as it always has.

The LAP-BAND™ SYSTEM has become the first bariatric device in Europe to be officially approved for its effect on Type 2 diabetes in obese patients, through weight loss. This is based on evidence which showed that patients who achieve significant weight loss following LAP-BAND™ surgery were over 5 times more likely to achieve remission of Type 2 diabetes than those receiving conventional diabetes therapy alone (73% vs.13%) (p<0.001).¹

^1. Dixon JB, O'Brien PE et al Adjustable Gastric Banding and Conventional Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes. A Randomized Controlled Trial; JAMA. 2008;299(3):316-323

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