What are the chances of gaining weight back after lap-band surgery?

What are the chances of gaining weight back after lap-band surgery?

Peter LePort (Gastric Bypass Surgeon) gives expert video advice on: What is a 'restrictive weight loss' surgery?; Who should choose to have lap-band surgery?; What are the advantages and disadvantages of lap-band surgery? and more...

Chances of gaining weight back after lap-band surgery are probably 50%, 40-50%. Some of those are patients who just don't tolerate the band and we have to keep the fluid out. Some of them are the ones who have had the band removed. And some are, they get around the fact that they have a small restriction. I hate to talk about how you can get around these procedures, but people figure out how to do it because they want to maintain their weight. So they find ways of eating very high calorie, less dense food, not as solid. They can take a lot of that in.