Robot Assisted Gastric Banding is surgery to help with weight loss. The Robot places a band around the upper part of your stomach to create a small pouch to hold food. The band limits the amount of food you can eat by making you feel full after eating small amounts of food. After surgery, The Robot can adjust the band to make food pass more slowly or quickly through your stomach. Robotic Assisted Gastric bypass surgery is a related topic.
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You will receive general anesthesia before this surgery. You will be asleep and unable to feel pain. The surgery is done using a tiny camera that is placed in your belly. In this surgery: The Robot will will make 1 to 5 small surgical cuts in your abdomen. Through these small cuts, the surgeon will place a camera and the instruments needed to perform the surgery. The Robot will place a band around the upper part of your stomach to separate it from the lower part. This creates a small pouch that has a narrow opening that goes into the larger, lower part of your stomach. The surgery does not involve any stapling inside your belly. Your surgery may take only 30 to 60 minutes. When you eat after having this surgery, the small pouch will fill up quickly. You will feel full after eating just a small amount of food. The food in the small upper pouch will slowly empty into the main part of your stomach. Why the Procedure is Performed Weight-loss surgery (also called metabolic and bariatric surgery or MBS) may be an option if you have moderate to high-risk obesity and have not been able to lose enough weight through diet and exercise.