About LAP-BAND®

LAP-BAND® surgery refers to the surgical placing of an inflatable silicon medical device around the top portion of a patient's stomach, a procedure that treats obesity by restricting patient eating to smaller portions of food, enabling patients to feel hungry less often and lose weight naturally over time.

First developed by Swedish doctors in the early 1980s, modern adjustable gastric banding procedures have been practiced worldwide since the mid 1990s, with the first devices approved for use in the U.S certified by the FDA in 2001. By January 2008 more than 350,000 LAP-BAND® systems were distributed worldwide and the benefits of this safe, least-invasive weight loss surgery procedure were well known.

Mexico: Global Leader for LAP-BAND®

Doctors in Mexico were among the first surgeons in the world to implement gastric banding procedures, approving the procedure in the mid-1990s. the procedure gained popularity quickly, drawing thousands of Americans attracted by the expert surgeons and significantly lower price for the procedure, even when performed in state-of-the-art private hospitals like Hospital Angeles Tijuana.

Hospital Angeles Tijuana's is proud to feature gastroenterologist surgeon Dr. Juan Lopez Corvala, a long-time pioneer in the field of laparoscopic bariatric surgery. He is a surgical proctor (teacher) for both Johnson & Johnson's Realize Band™ Personalized Banding Solution and the INAMED (formerly Allergan) LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System.

Dr. Lopez Corvala has performed LAP-BAND® surgery at more than 100 U.S. hospitals, including the first ever LAP-BAND® surgery at UCLA School of Medicine and University of Southern California. He is widely recognized as one of the leading experts on bariatric surgery in the world.