Free lap band surgery

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misi

Growing Little Guru
I saw on Ch 9's ACA tonight that in the Alfred Hospital they are doing it free of charge.
What's that "lap band surgery" for ?

http://thehoopla.com.au/free-lap-band-surgery-good-idea/
FREE LAP BAND SURGERY. GOOD IDEA?

Last week I met up with a colleague I hadn’t seen for years. She was barely recognisable and when I said she was looking great, she quickly told me she’d had lap band surgery and had lost 25kg.

Like a lot of people, I’m curious about the procedure. Does it work? What are the benefits and risks? Is it the “easy solution”? One that should only be freely available for people who are seriously ill?

Wow!

Like a lot of people, I’m curious about the procedure. Does it work? What are the benefits and risks? Is it the “easy solution”? One that should only be freely available for people who are seriously ill?

My friend, (a GP) said that she’d been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes and because of the weight loss now had no trace of it.

“It should be available to everyone,” she declared. “And the best thing is that I can now fit into size 12 jeans!” (Joke.)
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Guess

Cheeky Guru
Staff member
A work colleague had that done . He ended up being off work for 14 months due to infection. Ended up having a very long stay in Hospital.
 
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foxidrive

Retired Admin
Infection is always a risk in surgery. :tearful
Someone I know had lifelong antibiotics because of it - 12 large tablets every day, three types of antibiotics.
 
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foxidrive

Retired Admin
Just reading a news item related to infection and surgery.

It's all well and good it being rare but that doesn't help the people who do suffer, in any way.

Queensland Health is contacting tens of thousands of people who have had certain types of open-heart surgery and may have been exposed to a bacteria which can cause infection.

Deputy director-general John Wakefield said it had recently been recognised that there was the potential for the mycobacterium chimaera to grow in the water tank of the heart bypass heater-cooler units.

Those who had open-heart surgery on a heart valve or aortic vascular graft surgery in a Queensland hospital within the past five years are at risk.

Patients that have normal bypass surgery are not deemed to be at risk.

Dr Wakefield said although mycobacterium chimaera was common in the environment, infection as a result of exposure was extremely rare.

He said internationally, there had been fewer than 100 cases.

Infection can be serious and can take between three months and five years to manifest, however treatment is available.

Symptoms can include unexplained fevers, weight loss, muscle pain and shortness of breath.

"In terms of the risk of someone that's had surgery getting an infection, it's very low," Dr Wakefield said.

"[It has been estimated] this risk to be approximately one in 100,000 patients that undergo that sort of surgery."
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