Question:
Would like more information if you had ABG to *other* revision. Details please.

Amount of weight regained/ time period, etc.    — Pam B. (posted on December 4, 2001)

December 3, 2001
Information on revisions from the adjustable gastric band (also called the LapBand) may be hard to come by because the procedure was approved by the FDA only this year in the United States, though it has a history in Europe, Mexico, and elsewhere. Here are some sites you can check for information on revisions from it: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bandsters, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OSSG-Revision, and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DS_Revision. Good luck.
   — Kay B.

December 4, 2001
This page is the manufacturer of the one being used in the US. It should answer alot, if not all of your questions: http://www.bioenterics.com/us/surgeon/lapband/
   — Phiddy B.

December 4, 2001
Our doc did part of the experimentals here 10 yrs ago. You asked about the regain? I didn't have one, but others in my suppoprt group had some of those early ones. The ones with mechanical failure gained at a regular rate, that is FAST. The ones who out-ate it gained more slowly, of course. So, it's like any other surgery. If there is mechanical failure, you are suddenly without any tool at all. You can also out eat any surgery, including my distal RNY.
   — vitalady