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In the past you had a band put around your stomach. This gastric band had slipped and has now been surgically fixed again.

The stomach is located in the upper left abdomen. The stomach stores food and breaks it down further. Harmful pathogens are also killed by gastric acid in the stomach. The stomach thus prepares the food for digestion in the intestines. Food reaches the entrance to the stomach through the oesophagus.

The operation involved putting a band around the upper part of your stomach. This resulted in your stomach having a smaller and a bigger part. Between these, the gastric band creates a narrower point. Now food moves first into the small part of your stomach and then through a narrow passage to the rest of your stomach. The overall aim is to allow less food to get into the stomach.

To replace the band around your stomach, your chest was opened by making an incision in your skin. Your stomach was then treated through your diaphragm. The diaphragm separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity. The stomach lies in the abdomen below the diaphragm.