The timing of major abdominal surgery banding application depends on the site of the surgical incision and the specifics of the surgical incision recovery. Specifically, you will need to follow your doctor’s recommendations to determine when to remove the banding. The application of lap band after abdominal incision is usually for larger incisions in the abdomen, such as gastrectomy, cervical cancer surgery, ovarian cancer surgery, etc. The role of the lap band is mainly to reduce the tension of the abdominal incision, which in turn serves to protect the wound and promote wound healing. 1. For laparoscopic minimally invasive or minor surgical procedures, lap-banding is basically not required after surgery. 2. If the surgery is a small incision open surgery, the wound is usually not more than 8cm, this time the lap band needs to be tied for about 1 week, such as incision healing, local pressure can be removed when there is no large lap band. Elderly or diabetic patients, wound healing is slow, usually lap-banding time needs to be extended accordingly, the general abdominal incision needs to be tied lap-band 2-3 weeks, but young people if the healing is faster, do not need physical labor, lap-banding does not need to be tied for a long time. 3. If the patient needs to do a larger open surgery, the surgical incision is relatively large, > 15cm, usually the lap band needs to be tied for a longer period of time. If the patient’s postoperative recovery is poor, or even if the patient is older and the abdominal wall is weaker, the lap band may need to be tied for more than 1 month. To determine the healing of the incision needs to be judged by the doctor, so it is recommended to strictly follow the doctor’s advice after the operation, and not to remove the lap band without authorization, so as not to be detrimental to the healing of the wound as well as the recovery of the disease.