Welcome to fillprovider.net, a South coast clinic for bariatric (weight loss) surgery patients with implanted adjustable gastric bands (AGBs) who require band fill adjustments. We are located in Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex, convenient to customers living South of London and East of Winchester. For long-distance travellers, the clinic is convenient to Gatwick airport (56 miles).
Click here for a map link to the clinic The clinic is run by Dr. Kai Rabenstein and his wife Jacqueline. Kai is an experienced anaesthetist working in a senior position in critical care medicine in the NHS. Jacqueline is a satisfied AGB patient herself and works closely with surgical NHS services.
We realised that despite rapidly growing numbers of AGB patients, post-operative aftercare can be difficult to arrange. Many patients face difficulties obtaining sufficient band fills to achieve the desired weight loss; they also get charged steep fees for fills, and struggle to get emergency appointments when their gastric restriction is excessive (i.e. needs to be relieved by a partial unfill). We aim to make AGB fill adjustment services easily accessible and affordable - we charge £75 for each fill/defill (includes personalised consultation). Please note that as the fill is done under tactile (manual palpation) control rather than imaging we cannot absolutely guarantee success; if we believe access to your port has been unsuccessful we will not charge you the above fee.
We also offer individualised advice sessions for people who are thinking about having weight loss surgery but would first like to find out more about this complex area before mentally & financially committing themselves, or who have a band but are thinking of having it removed (please go to the next webpage for details). Advice/info sessions, lasting one hour, are also charged at £75 and can be delivered in the clinic or by distance communication such as telephone and/or email. Our fees have not changed for the past 2 years, and in this recession we do not propose to increase our prices in the foreseeable future.
The clinic is open most Saturday mornings by appointment; however in case of emergency (i.e. if excessive restriction necessitates a defill) appointments may be made during weekdays and at short notice.
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07792582769
01424854704
PLEASE NOTE: If you have been receiving fill adjustments by a UK-based provider (e.g. your original surgeon), then we cannot commence providing fill adjustment services to you unless and until you have informed your existing provider that you intend to switch (or alternate), and we would ask that you confirm this in writing to us. Ideally, we would also ask to receive copies of your weight loss and fill adjustment data held by your original provider - switching fill adjustment providers is somewhat similar to switching GPs!