University of California, San Diego Medical Center – Center for the Treatment of Obesity

Gastric Band Surgery – For more information, call 1-800-926-UCSD

About Dr. Horgan

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About The Surgery

About The Gastric Band Team

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If you or someone you know is struggling with severe obesity, the UCSD Medical Center’s LAP-BAND® Program for Obesity can help. As San Diego's first and only integrated LAP-BAND® surgical practice, the program offers patients an outpatient surgical solution for long-term weight loss.

With a highly trained team of surgeons, nurses, nutritionists, exercise therapists and psychologists, UCSD’s LAP-BAND® Program is able to provide patients with the safest, least invasive and only reversible weight loss procedure now available in the United States. Our comprehensive program will help guide you to a happier, healthier life.

Take the first steps to a healthier you and review the information on this web site to see if obesity surgery is right for you and if you are a candidate for LAP-BAND® surgery.

LAP-BAND® System Advantages

In comparison to other forms of bariatric surgery, LAP-BAND® surgery has many advantages, including:

  • Safest, least invasive surgical option
  • No stomach stapling or intestinal re-routing
  • Shorter hospital stay
  • Only adjustable, reversible surgical option

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