Is Weight Loss Surgery for You?

The LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System is the first and only adjustable gastric banding system that's FDA-approved for patients who are at least 30 pounds overweight, with a BMI of at least 30 kg/m2 and one or more obesity related co-morbid conditions.

Safely and effectively, the revolutionary yet simple technology behind the LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System reduces the amount of food that your stomach can hold at one time. This helps you gradually lose weight and keep it off. So you can live a healthier life — for your children, your family, and yourself.

If non-surgical methods have not helped you lose weight and keep it off, you still have another option at The Band Center of the Carolinas.  The Band Center of the Carolinas’ expert bariatric surgeon, Dr. Paul Enochs,

is a leader in weight loss surgery in North Carolina and the Southeast.  For those who are over weight and weigh up to 275 lbs. or have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 45, we offer LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System.  This outpatient surgery is a minimally invasive surgical approach with no stomach stapling or cutting, nor intestinal rerouting.  It’s adjustable and reversible and has a lower operative complication rate than with gastric bypass surgery.

•  Studies show that weight loss surgery (as compared to other options) offers the best results - sustained long-term weight loss in patients who have failed with other treatments. 

•  Among the most crucial success factors, however, are a positive attitude, self-discipline, and the ability to set and work towards goals. 

•  Surgery can be the best option as long as you are ready to make this commitment to losing your excess weight.

•  Restrictive (for example, the LAP-BAND® System) - Reduces the amount of food that your stomach can hold, but doesn’t interfere with normal digestion of food and nutrients.

Here’s a quick and informative overview of the advantages of the LAP-BAND® System:

LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System

At The Band Center of the Carolinas, our board certified bariatric surgeon, Dr. Paul Enochs,  can perform the LAP-BAND® System procedure in our state-of-the-art facility on an out patient-basis. This is only available to patients who weight up to 275 lbs. or have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of less than 45.