Weight Loss Services

Tomball Regional Medical Center offers weight loss surgery to Northwest Houston

About 300,000 adults die each year in the U.S. from complications related to excess body weight.

The best remedy for being overweight is to exercise more while eating less. A diet can help you loose weight, and some people can have success with drugs that curb the appetite. But over the long term, these methods don’t work for everyone.

If non-surgical methods have not helped you lose weight and keep it off, you still have another option. Surgery to reduce how much your stomach holds may work for you. Surgeons at Tomball Regional perform weight-loss surgery to help individuals achieve their goals, with LAP-BAND®, a surgical aid in the treatment of morbid obesity.

The LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System restricts how much the stomach can hold by placing an adjustable band around the upper part of the stomach. There is no cutting or stapling need to divide the upper stomach pouch from the lower stomach. As a result, you take in less food. Unlike stomach stapling, the band can be adjusted to suit your situation and removed if necessary.

Studies demonstrate that weight-loss surgery, as compared to non-surgical treatments, yields the longest period of sustained weight loss in patients who have been unsuccessful with other therapies. But keep in mind that a positive attitude, self-discipline and the ability to plan ahead are key to the success of the surgery. Surgery can help achieve long-term goals only if there is a commitment to losing weight and keeping it off.

This system is not right for everyone. You and your surgeon should work together to determine if this is the right treatment for you. To learn more about obesity or weight-loss surgery, click here for seminar dates and times.

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