Question:
Can someone help me with questions about surgery?
rib spreaders catherisation naso gastric tubes: can anyone tell me if they use rib spreaders and naso tubes in every wls procedure and do they catherise you in surgery or not needed as are you able to get up and toilet yourself after the op .... sorry for all the questions but these i cant seem to find the answers to — Rachel F. (posted on November 6, 2001)
November 6, 2001
Rib spreaders would be used in open. With lap they go under and around the
muscle and ribs. I think they do use ng tubes, but some drs leave them in,
some don't. Mine was gone by the time I woke up. I was catherized while
out, and had it for two days. It was no problem, didn't hurt, and I was
grateful not to have to get up every 5 min to pee. When I got it out it
didn't hurt at all. Once it was out I was able to get up and go potty. I
got the runs the last day I was in the hospital. Hope this helps.
— Becky K.
November 6, 2001
Different surgeons have different approaches, often to achieve exactly the
same results or goals. This is an important question to ask during those
initial telephone calls or consultation appointments, if these
"technicalities" are important to you. In my own experience with
a lap RNY, I had a two day hospitalization, no rib-spreaders, no ICU, no
tubes or drains of any kind, no external sutures or staples....the catheter
in my bladder was placed after I was put to sleep, and removed before I
woke up. I was up to the bathroom a couple of hours after returning to my
room from the Recovery Room. Good luck!
— Diana T.
November 6, 2001
Hello, I had the lap rouxeny on 8/16/01. I didnt have any of the above
except the catherization. Which is put in when you are alseep and is
painless when removed. I was up the next day walking around and went home
in 3 days. I am a new person now and count my blessing every single day for
this surgery!!!!! GOOD LUCK
— Melissa S.
November 6, 2001
My doctor uses an NG tube, but it was put in after I fell asleep and
removed before I awakened. I also had a catheter, but it too was put in
after I fell asleep. It wasn't removed until the morning of the day I was
discharged, and it didn't hurt at all. My surgeon doesn't use rib
spreaders because he does only lap. surgeries.
— [Anonymous]
November 7, 2001
wow, I've never heard of anyone using rib spreaders for this
operation..open or otherwise. why would they need to?
My doc does the G tube into the old stomach. that stays in for 3 weeks. He
also does the catheteration (sp?) after you are out and that stays in for a
few days.
— Brenda S.
November 7, 2001
I am going to have open RNY on December 14th. My Surgoen's Nurse says that
they don't use any tubes at all except a Central line for injections and to
draw blood, as well as a catheter so we don't have to worry about getting
up the first day. we don't even have to walk the first day, because they
use leg pumps to pump the blood from the legs so there isno clotting.
— sbinkerd1
November 7, 2001
The only place to get these questions answered is from your surgeons office
because EVERY doctor has their own way of doing things. I didn't have a
catheter, but you might. My doctor wants you to get up and walk so more or
less forces you to do that by having to go to the bathroom from all the IV
fluids. Pretty much everyone has a ng tube, but not all. Don't be afraid to
ask your doctor anything. The only stupid question is the one you don't
ask. Good luck.
— georgiacarol
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