What is Gastric Banding?

Helping you to fully understand what the procedure involves, means that we can help you make the right choice…

Gastric banding, sometimes known as "laparoscopic gastric banding" or "lap banding", is a highly effective procedure to help overweight people achieve substantial and long-term weight loss.

The operation limits how much food you can eat by placing an inflatable band around the stomach to divide it into two parts.

This creates a smaller pouch at the top, which takes less food to make you feel full.

The food then passes slowly through the opening left by the band into the lower part of your stomach. This will restrict the amount of food you eat, and make you feel fuller for longer.