Lap Band Surgery in Mexico

Hospital Features

Your gastric banding would be performed in the leading hospitals in Tijuana, Guadalajara, Mexicali, Puerto Vallarta and Cancun. We have enlisted the features of the hospital we work with in Tijuana:

• Conveniently located only 20 miles from the San Diego International Airport
• Bilingual staff
• Direct phone calls to the US
• Well-appointed patient rooms
• Free Wi-Fi Internet
• Cable TV (English and Spanish)
• Competent personal nursing staff
• 24*7 surveillance systems
• Safety vaults for your valuables
• Access to a pharmacy
• Free pick-up from the San Diego airport
• State-of-the-art recovery houses
• Well stocked kitchen to take care of your nutritional needs
• Night nurses

Competent Surgeons for Your Lap Band Procedure

We have a network of highly competent and experienced weight loss surgeons here to facilitate your gastric banding surgery. Below is an outline of the profile of the lap band surgeon we work with in Cancun:

• Extensive experience in performing weight loss surgeries since 2006
• Good global exposure having been part of academic activities in North and South America and Europe
• Memberships:
  • International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
  • Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery
  • Mexican Association of Obesity Surgery
• Numerous international conferences and congresses attended such as:
  • 2011 XVI Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders held in Hamburg, Germany
  • 2009 XIV Congress of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders held in Paris, France
  • 2005 XIV International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery held in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco

Read on our other network weight loss surgeons here.

Testimonial

We, at MTC, are proud to tell you that we hold customer satisfaction in high esteem. This can be averred from a number of testimonials of the people whose weight loss journey has been facilitated by us. In one such video on lap band Mexico review, Oklahoma resident Sondra Hall talks about her experience of availing our services.

Why Choose Mexico for Your Gastric Banding?

• With the substantially lower lap band surgery costs in Tijuana, Puerto Vallarta and other major medical tourism destinations in the country, you can save more than 68% over the American prices. Here is an approximate cost comparison:Mexico ~ $5,250
  USA: $ 10,800 ~ $ 20,000
• Because of proximity to the United States, major Mexican cities are culturally quite “Americanized”.
• Since doctors we work with are English-speaking, you can rest any apprehensions regarding communication problems.
• Most of the border towns, such as Tijuana and Mexicali, are not very far from American airports. Tijuana, for instance, is just 20 minutes away from the San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN).
• You also get a chance to extend your trip to get lap band in Mexico into a full-fledged vacation.

A Guide to Lap Band WLS

• Alternative names for the procedure – Laparoscopic gastric banding, LAGB, and gastric banding.
• The procedure involves placing an adjustable band around the upper part of the stomach.
• This helps in making the patient not indulge in overeating after the surgery.
• It is a restrictive kind of surgery as the patient feels fuller after eating relatively smaller quantities of food.
• Post surgery, you will have to take a special diet as recommended by your surgeon.
• For two weeks, your stomach will be able to handle only small amounts of liquids.
•  Will be able to transition to solid foods with passage of time.
• You will probably put on nutritional supplements for the rest of your life.
• Some of the common risks of lap band surgery are blockage caused by the band around the stomach, band slippage, problems in the access port (used to inject and withdraw saline solution around the band to either tighten or loosen it), GERD and malnutrition.

Medical Tourism Corporation facilitates affordable lap band surgery in Mexico. Fill out the free estimate-request form for the latest prices and more information.