Forerunners Healthcare providing advanced gastric banding surgery in India.

PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 28, 2008 – Forerunners Healthcare is once again in the news for providing advanced gastric banding surgery in India at obesity surgery hospitals of Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai to international patients who are suffering from obesity. Forerunners healthcare is providing the best medical care available to the international patients in a personalized manner at high quality and totally updated state of the art hospitals in the metro cities like Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai. Forerunners healthcare has tie ups with Indian hospitals which are amongst the best surgical centers in the world. Some of the obesity surgeons of India are members of the International Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and also a long list of scientific societies at national and international level. India hospitals for gastric banding in India has numbers of highly trained gastro-intestinal surgeons with huge successful experience, there are many types of gastric banding operated in India like vertical banded gastroplasty, gastric bypass, banded gastric bypass (Fobi Pouch), intra-gastric balloon. International patients visiting to India for gastric banding surgery are getting effective results for their obesity.

The procedure: The name Lap-Band comes from Laparoscopic Gastric Band. Laparoscopy is the surgical technique used to place the band. With Laparoscopy the surgeon makes a few incisions in the abdominal wall and inserts narrow, hollow tubes. Extremely small and thin instruments are then passed through the tubes. The instruments include a microscopic camera that sends video to a monitor that is used by the surgeon to see inside the abdomen. This technique is the least invasive of all weight loss surgeries and has the least risk of complications. Once the instruments are in place, a small tunnel is made behind the top of the stomach. The band is then pulled around the stomach to form a ring. This ring is then locked holding securely the band in a circle around the stomach. There are many advantages of the Laparoscopy over an open surgery where a larger incision is required. After a Laparoscopy surgery most people experience much less pain, there are fewer Complications and patients are able to recover much faster, resuming activities usually within a few days. Benefits of gastric band surgery: Very low risk, with 1/10th or less the chance of complications compared to gastric bypass surgery. This is the only surgery that is adjustable, allowing decreasing or control stomach size even many years later. This will prevent weight regain. All adjustments are done with no further surgery. Proven to work worldwide with many doctors, surgeons and nurses undergoing the procedure themselves. Only surgery that is reversible, with the stomach completely returning to normal size and function if necessary for any medical condition.

Many hospitals have opened specialized cell for gastric banding surgery in India. Indian hospitals are also eyeing patients from the west, where the cost of treatment is 45 per cent more and the waiting time enormous. “The facility, being backed by a support group for obese people, which will benefit not only domestic patients but also thousands of patients from America and Europe, who are showing interest in flying down to get their gastric banding surgery in India,” When compared to the expenses of gastric banding in the US, the prices in the Third World countries seem a mere trifle. In the US, there are many people without health insurance so they are now turning towards India for quality and affordable healthcare. In case of an emergency medical treatment, they are required to pay for the treatment either in cash or take out a loan. Hospitals of gastric banding surgery in India provide special assistance to the international patients who wish to have their gastric banding surgery as soon as possible. For more details on gastric banding surgery in India visit http://www.forerunnershealthcare.com and enquiry@forerunnershealthcare.com