Lap-band Follow-up

[Guest guest]

I'm pretty sure this has been asked before, but it has come up at our team

meetings recently. We follow-up with lap-band patients at 3 months, 6 months,

and annually. Our band weight-loss success is in the 30% and we're trying to

improve that. I was wondering what other programs are doing for RD post-op

appointments? How often are you following these patients as dietitians?

[Guest guest]

We also see the post banders more frequently the first year. We see them at 2 weeks, 6 weeks (first adjustment possible at this visit) and monthly thereafter until they reach adequate restriction. We see all banders in 1 month after adjustment to evaluate effectiveness.

Ellen , MS, RD, CD

Bariatric Dietitian

Fletcher Health Care

353 Blair Park Road

Williston, VT 05495

(802) 847-4844

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Musselman TinaSent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:21 AM Subject: RE: Lap-band Follow-up

Follow up is extremely important post banding. I stress to pts that the more contact they have with our program the more successful they will be. At one Band training they shared a statistic that the most successful individuals saw their surgeon/program 10-12 times in the first year. We tend to see people every 4-6 weeks.

Tina Musselman, R.D., C.C.N. Bariatric Surgery Program Coordinator www.stjameshospital.org tina.musselmanssfhs (DOT) org Phone: 708-679-2717 or 708-747-4000 ext. 7444 Fax: 708-679-2048

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of sbnorthroSent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:01 AM Subject: Lap-band Follow-up

I'm pretty sure this has been asked before, but it has come up at our team meetings recently. We follow-up with lap-band patients at 3 months, 6 months, and annually. Our band weight-loss success is in the 30% and we're trying to improve that. I was wondering what other programs are doing for RD post-op appointments? How often are you following these patients as dietitians?

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