Quick question about post surgery stomach...

Will the new, smaller stomach have a tendency to flip over or get twisted? If so, what can the surgeon do, while he is in there, to prevent this???

Hi Caveman,
i just had surgery 3 wks ago, I am not an expert, but your stomach is 80% reduced, I don't think there is any slack to twist or flip.  Interesting question.  Hopefully someone can reply with experience.

Hi:

Interesting question.  One of the OH members myly1044 had a twist and a leak in her stomach.  She just celebrated her 2 year surgiversary.  You may want to read her post www.obesityhelp.com/forums/vsg/3990348/Two-year-surgiversary / and her profile.

I truly believe that complications like a leak or flip, kink, et****urs in combination: the surgeon's skill and your own body processes while healing.  However in all the months I've been reading these boards I've only read about 4 people with leaks and double that who had to go back to their surgeons to get the kink removed with a scope procedure. 
Is there anything specific the surgeon can do?  I would answer, do the best surgery he or she can.  But things happen as the scar tissue is forming because of our internal body configuration.  Monitor yourself carefully after surgery and follow your surgeon's guidelines.  Was that statistic a dealbreaker for me?  No, never!  I would have done anything not to deal with this weight for one more day, even with possible complications.
Best of luck to you,
Marci

 If so, what can the surgeon do, while he is in there, to prevent this???

My first thought was to anchor it ?  But that would be something you need to find out from your doc.
Interesting question tho.

Something like that can happen, but it's a rare complication.  I believe that it usually resolves itself, or with some minimally invasive treatment.  It's much less dangerous than a leak, for example.  I don't know that there is anything different the surgeon can do to address it during surgery, other than what they normally do.

MM

When I had my stricture, the Gastrointestinal Specialist who dilated me said my stomach had a mild twist in it.  He said it happens a lot, they don't know why, and it wasn't anything to be concerned about in my case.  

 

The stomach can twist, but this almost never happens if a bougie of 32 french or larger is used.  Early on, some surgeons were going for really tiny stomachs, and they used tiny little bougies to make the new stomach.  they discovered that those did tend to twist.

It is almost unheard of nowdays. 

Yes, my bougie will be 40 french. GREAT information from all of you and thanks for putting my mind at ease!
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