• The Center, housed at Holzer Medical Center in Gallipolis, is a regional program, the only one of its kind in the area, focused on chronic, diagnosed, and/or life-threatening obesity.
• The Center been performing surgeries for more than nine years and has performed over 900 cases.
• The Holzer Center for Weight Loss Solutions’ outcomes are at or are better than the national standards as set by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

	HOLZER	NATIONAL AVERAGE
Total Complications	8.3%	9.0%
Mortality Rate	0.004%	0.05%
Length of Stay in Hospital	< 24 Hrs	1.3 days
Days to Normal Activity	7.2 days	7.2 days
Full Recovery	15.8 days	15.8 days

• The staff consists of a Medical Weight Loss Physician, Register Nurse (on call 24/7), Dietician, Administrator as well as a Program Director.
• The Center provides treatment for the clinically severely obesity (being at least 100 pounds overweight or at 200% of one’s ideal body weight as defined by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Table)
• The Center provides a multi-disciplinary program including the Lap-Band® System, nutrition and fitness counseling, and behavior modification and all patients are treated with compassion and dignity.

• The Lap-Band® System is an alternative to gastric bypass surgery. It is an adjustable gastric band designed to help patients lose excess body weight, improve weight-related health conditions and enhance quality of life.
• Lap-Band® reduces the stomach capacity and restricts the amount of food that can be consumed at one time. The Lap-Band® System does not require revision of the stomach, stapling or gastrointestinal re-routing to bypass normal digestion.
• Patients typically spend less than 24 hours in the hospital. Most patients return to work in about a week, and to exercise in about a month to 6 weeks.

• The LAP-BAND® System is safe and is designed to minimize the potential for complications.
• Minimally invasive procedure, with no stapling or dividing of native tissue required
• Lower short-term mortality rate than standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) or vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG)
• Fewer total complications than with RYGB or biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) (9% vs 23% with RYGB and 25% with BPD—P<0.001)
• Shorter hospital stays and faster recovery times than with RYGB or BPD

• Weight Loss:
• Provides weight loss comparable to that seen with standard gastric bypass.
• Experience in a recent U.S Study has shown a 62% +/- 20.9% mean excess weight loss at 36 months, which is comparable to the weight loss seen after gastric bypass.
• A meta-analysis of multiple studies showed that weight loss with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is comparable to standard Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) at 36 months and beyond
• Health Improvements:
• Weight loss with the LAP-BAND® System has been associated with a rapid resolution or improvement of some comorbid conditions.
• 90% resolution or improvement of asthma, type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and gastroesophageal reflux
• 79% resolution or improvement of hypertension based on a subset of obese, diabetic patients
• Surgically induced weight loss, in general, is also associated with resolved or improved:
• Urinary incontinence
• Infertility
• Complications of pregnancy and delivery
• Degenerative joint disease
• Venous stasis disease
• Nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis (NASH)

For more information, please visit The Holzer Center for Weight Loss Solutions.