What is the Difference between Lap-Band and Gastric Bypass?

Despite the common goal of significant long-term weight loss, the gastric bypass and the lap-band surgeries couldn’t be more different. First of all, keep in mind that the gastric bypass is a weight loss procedure focused on the rerouting of your digestive tract to reduce both the amount of food you eat and the amount of nutrients you absorb. In contrast, the lap-band procedure is a purely restrictive procedure …

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Say No To Weight Regain with StomaphyX®

If you are a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patient who regained weight after your surgery, you may be a good candidate for the scar-free revisional procedure called StomaphyX. Usually weight regain after gastric bypass surgery occurs due to a stretched stomach pouch or enlarged stomach outlet. If your weight gain was caused by one or both of these problems, DayOne Health may be able to help. The StomaphyX procedure can deal with the issue in an incisionless and …

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Category: Gastric Bypass, Lap Band

Welcome To The DayOne Health Blog!

We’re very excited to launch this new medium to share timely and relevant information about our practice, weight loss surgery, nutrition, exercise, support and many other topics just for you: our successful post-op and future patients.

For those of you just getting to know us, DayOne Health is an outpatient weight loss surgery center serving the greater Chicago area. We offer a comprehensive …

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