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[soft music plays and fades] Hi I’m Dr. Paul O’Brien. I’m the national medical
director for True Results. [short pause] I’ve been involved in studying the Lap Band since
it’s early developments more than 18 years ago. (in 2011)
The Lap Band is made of silicone. Silicone has been used in surgery for more than 60
years, and is known to be very safe.
This is the band lying at the very top of the stomach. And under there are nerves, which
when they’re squeezed by the band, it will send a signal up to the brain. And the brain
then feels that you don’t have to eat any more.
So that throughout the day, you have this feeling of not being hungry. And then when
you do eat, the food will be squeezed across the band, and that squeezing across will further
stimulate these nerves, sending signals back the brain saying even more strongly that you’re
not hungry.
The band is placed by laparoscopic surgery. There are no large cuts, just several “nicks”
in the skin. We do leave very little mark, we pass tubes into the space around the stomach,
and we can watch what we’re doing on a video screen. We pass the band around the very top
of the stomach, and we connect it to an “access port” which is lying under the skin. If
we inject into the access port, we can add saline, which will adjust the tightness of
the band.
Let me demonstrate to you how the band adjustability works. Picture the band as placed around the
very top of the stomach, and my finger is the stomach, sitting there. You can see that
it’s quite loose, and would have very little effect at this stage.
If I then add fluid to the band, you can see how the balloon then compresses in on the
stomach. I can take fluid out, bring back your appetite, I can add more fluid and reduce
your appetite.
At True Results we’re committed to giving you the best possible solution for your weight
loss problem. We’re always looking at different options, and incorporating the ones which
we believe have value into our program. We’re determined to do the best we can for you.
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