Surgery time?

(deactivated member)
on 9/22/11 8:18 am - TX
I am wondering how long most of you were "under" the knife?    I realize a virgin will be different than a revison as well as a lap vs. an open.....but I am hoping everyone will chime in here anyway.  I would like to see the variance.

Sean_B
on 9/22/11 8:24 am - Schenectady, NY
Approximately 6 1/2 hours.... apparently, my liver was quite a bit more enlarged than my ultrasound report led him to believe and he had a bit of a problem working around (or under) it as my surgery was lap, and he did everything he could to keep from having to open me up.  He said if it had gone any longer and he WOULD have converted to open, but the anesthesiologist assured him all my vitals were strong and stable, which is why he allowed it to go as long as it did.

I'm thankful.... though an open procedure wouldn't have been the end of the world (lots of ppl here had their DS open), I'm glad I was able to remain lap.

Pre: 324 Now: 185-190 http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v362/171/99/1251208761/n1251208761_30154298_7588.jpg

(deactivated member)
on 9/22/11 8:47 am, edited 9/22/11 8:20 pm
I was in the operating room for 1 hour and 45 minutes. I was a virgin lap DS and that inclues gallbladder removal.
MajorMom
on 9/22/11 9:02 am - VA
5 1/2 hours. Virgin DS. Lap.

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teachmid
on 9/22/11 9:07 am - OKC, OK
RNY to DS revision, open, with cholecystectomy and appy...2 hours.
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Samaro ..
on 9/22/11 9:13 am
2 1/2 hours.  Virgin DS.  Open.  Included gall bladder removal.





hollyweasel
on 9/22/11 9:15 am - MI
5.5 Hours - virgin DS open, gall bladder and appendix removed as well.

DS Surgery in Detroit Medical Center on 8/17/11.
Start Weight: 386 

        
DianaRR
on 9/22/11 9:17 am - CA
2.5 hours--1 hour was just to get the tubes in my throat for the anesthetic, they had trouble getting past my vocal cords. I had an open virgin DS.
            
sdld2001
on 9/22/11 10:17 am - Summerville, SC
Vigin lap for 1-1/2 hours. He said it was a textbook case and it all went perfectly.
Mindee

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twodelight
on 9/22/11 10:19 am - Atlanta, GA
4 hours open with gall bladder removal.
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