Lapband and Other Surgeries
There is a reason people tend to ask me when they want to know obscure facts, and it’s because I tend to know stuff. Today, I was wondering about lapband surgery, so I went to (wait for it) wikipedia to check it out. The first band for this type of surgery was patented the year I graduated high school, and now it is considered outpatient surgery. With proper lifestyle adjustments and followup care, it’s helping patients lose large amounts of weight.
I think that the advancements in the field of medicine are mind boggling. Just imagine that 300 years ago, going to the doctor was probably one of the least safe things you could do. The neighborhood surgeon/dentist/barber would be happy to see you, but whether or not he could do you any good was another question altogether. And that was just 4 life times ago.
What about this lifetime? Well, 50 years ago a tonsillectomy required a three day hospital stay. 20 years ago, it was overnight. Last week, it was donefor my soon at a stand-alone surgical center and he was home 5 hours after we left for the appointment.
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