The gastric banding surgery after care starts the very moment you are taken out from the operating room. You will be led in the recovery room where you will be assisted by medical staff. After which the doctor will visit you so you are free to ask him about what ever concerns you. From the recovery room, you will be taken in your hospital bedroom and at this time, the doctor will assess if you are in good condition for the operation. After the operation your every step of your progress recovery will be monitor by the medical staff of the clinic. From time to time, your blood pressure will be taken while you will be connected to a fluids drip. They will also take you some blood samples and administrate you pain reduction drugs.
Most of the medical subjects of this surgery will be able to walk after the medical intervention is ended, so you will be able go to the bathroom by yourself, during the night while you will be sleeping in the clinics bedroom. In the next morning, the medical staff will take more tests to appreciate the success of the lap banding operation. After taking your new blood samples and giving you drugs to reduce the pain, your heart and lungs will be verified. The specialist you will visit after this procedure will ask you to drink a fluid and will examine you, by the help of x-rays, to observe if the liquid is passing in a right condition from the upper small part of the stomach towards the lower stomach.
Back in your bedroom, after other tests, you will take a light meal. After examining all the results of all your tests, the doctor will visit you, once more, to remind you everything you will have to do in the next period. He will also indicate you how many pain drugs to take and when to do it. The doctor is still at your disposition in case you have any questions. Before leaving the clinic, you will receive a pack containing information concerning the post-surgery after care. This is the moment you will be discharged from the hospital but you will have to sleep, for one more night, in the same locality where the clinic is situated. In the next evening you will be again visited by a medical assistant in your hotel room.
The necessary time for recovery is variable from a few days to two weeks. In some cases if you need to adjust your gastric band, you will visit the hospital again. Periodically, you will visit the surgeon that monitors your progress. You will also have to fill your gastric band again from time to time.
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