Lap band surgery is considered as a simple surgical procedure, with quick recovery and minimum hospital stay. People with lap band surgery usually return to their work places within a week.

Still there are some precautions and follow up you have to do for the desired results of the surgery. First of all you have to start with liquids right after the surgery then after few weeks you can eat soft food and eventually solid food after six to eight weeks. Your doctor must have provided you with the nutrition plan or diet guideline to follow prior to the surgery.

In this type of surgery you might feel the need of some good and healthy food supplements and a moderate physical workout. In some cases doctors also recommend a lifestyle change and therapy for the behavior modification.

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Death rates are quickly decreased after anti-obesity or “bariatric” surgery in Sweden, statistics show.

“It has been shown that surgery, to reduce obesity, can be performed with reduced mortality level on a national level.” according to lead researcher Dr. Richard Marsk from Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm.

The team assessed causes of death after weight loss surgery in Sweden. They used statistics between 1980 and 2005 about 14,768 bariatric procedures conducted.

In beginning post-surgery death rate ranged 0.5 percent annually. The death rate was higher in men then women and higher for patients above age 50 years.

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