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  Lap Band Surgery in Costa Rica for Weight-loss
It is a form of restrictive weight-loss surgery (bariatrics) designed for patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or greater, or for those with a BMI between 35 and 40 and who have co-morbidities that are known to improve with weight loss. The gastric band is an inflatable silicone prosthetic device which is placed around the top portion of the stomach via surgery. Adjusting the size of the opening between the two parts of the stomach controls how much food passes from the upper to the lower part of the stomach. This opening (stoma) between the two parts of the stomach can easily be decreased or increased, by injecting or removing saline from the band. The band is connected by a tube to a reservoir placed beneath the skin during surgery. The surgeon can later control the amount of saline in the band by piercing the reservoir through the skin with a fine needle. This adjustment is done to achieve the right weight loss for one`s individual needs. Read details of Lap Band surgery
Adjustable gastric banding surgery in Costa RicaCosta Rica is a reputed for its top quality healthcare at affordable cost and is thus a popular medical tourism destination among uninsured and underinsured Americans. The quality of care offered by Healthbase health care provider partners in Costa Rica is comparable or superior to what is available in the US while price-wise it is much cheaper. Check out the cost of lap band surgery in Costa Rica Read about medical tourism and request a FREE quote for lap band surgery in Costa Rica.
Healthbase partner hospitals in Costa Rica for affordable Lap Band surgeryHealthbase has partnered with top hospitals in Costa Rica that offer low cost high quality weight-loss procedures including laparoscopic lap band surgery, gastric bypass, mini-gastric bypass and gastric sleeve. Following are some of our partners in Costa Rica offering the lapband procedure: Detail profiles of the above hospitals and other bariatric hospitals are available to our registered members. Registration is FREE, quick and easy and entitles you to FREE quotes.
Specialist bariatric surgeons for Lap Band
Detail profiles of the above doctors and other bariatric specialist surgeons are available to our registered members. Registration is FREE, quick and easy and entitles you to FREE quotes.
Lap Band surgery experience of Healthbase customersHealthbase has coordinated lap band surgery in Costa Rica for patients from USA and all around the world. Check out our lap band surgery testimonials. More patient testimonials
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Adjustable Gastric Banding is commonly referred to as Lap Band. It is an FDA approved minimally invasive surgery that involves applying Healthbase caters to the needs of individual consumers, self-funded businesses, insurance carriers, benefit consultants, insurance agents, and third party administrators seeking affordable medical travel and dental travel options. Our state-of-the-art, easy to use, information rich web-based system makes it easy to coordinate international medical care including necessary travel and accommodation for patients and their companions, all at one place.
The cost of surgical care at our ever growing network of affiliated institutions is typically a fraction of the cost of care in the U.S. with equal or superior outcomes. Healthbase arranges first class services for patients at major internationally accredited hospitals in Thailand, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea, Turkey, Belgium, Hungary, Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil, Mexico, USA and is expanding to Canada, UK, Jordan,Taiwan, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia, El Salvador and Guatemala.
We offer over two hundred medical, dental and cosmetic procedures in various categories: Orthopedic procedures such as hip replacement, Birmingham hip resurfacing, artificial knee replacement, rotator cuff repair, knee surgery; Cardiac and Vascular procedures like heart bypass (multiple coronary artery bypass graft or CABG), aortic aneurysm repair, heart valve repair, heat valve replacement, angioplasty, RF Ablation; Spinal procedures such as spine fusion, laminectomy, disc replacement; Weight-loss procedures like gastric bypass, lap band, gastric sleeve; Eye procedures like LASIK; Cosmetic and Plastic surgery procedures such as breast augmentation, face lift, rhinoplasty (nose surgery), liposuction; Dental procedures such as orthognathic surgery, dental bridges, dental implants, dental crowns; dental veneers; and hundreds of other procedures in the departments of Urology, General surgery, Wellness and many more. The savings are up to 80% of typical US hospital prices.
Medical Tourism, also termed as Medical Travel, Health Travel, Health Tourism, Global Healthcare, Medical Vacation, Medical Value Travel, Medical Treatment Abroad, International Medical, Surgical Tourism, Surgery Abroad, Surgical Trip, Healthcare Abroad, Medical Outsourcing, offshore Medical and Overseas Medical, is the act of traveling abroad to receive medical, dental and cosmetic care. Significantly lower cost for best practice care is usually the primary motivation behind medical tourism although some medical tourists go abroad for immediate availability of procedures and to seek treatments that are not available in their home country. Patients frequently also take advantage of the opportunity to vacation and tour inexpensively in the foreign country while they are visiting for health care. Signup to know more about medical or dental tourism.
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