I love photographing surgery. I find it fascinating. I once watched a doctor (in Gaza) perform over a dozen heart surgeries in one day. I've seen organs transplanted and taken out, but this was a whole
new different experience. I was sent to photograph people watching a live broadcast of a surgery that was happening 15 miles away. Not quite the same awe factor, seeing it on a big screen instead of in person, but it was cool because in this minimally invasive procedure, they inserted a video camera to show us how the operation works.
About 100 people gathered in the conference room of a Marriott hotel to watch a video feed of a live lap-band surgery taking place. As opposed to a gastric bypass, a lap-band procedure is viewed as a less-invasive procedure for weight loss, where doctors essentially tie a band around part of your stomach. Doctors and bariatric centers are marketing their procedures in a new way - with live feeds showing prospective patients
what it looks like.
Gastric lap band surgery carries a number of risks which are specific to this form of surgery and I think it had no problem with the method suggested above.
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