fobi addition

Can a fobi be added after standard RNY?  I have a stretched stoma due to 4 endoscopies
and a repair of a tear during dialation.

Yes, the silastic ring that is added when the Fobi RNY is done cane be added after a standard RNY.  It is considered a revision surgery.  I recently had this done after I started regaining weight due to a stretched stoma.

Did insurance pay for it?  Did your same RNY surgeon do it?  Did he have experience doing it?  Was it done laparoscopically?  Thanks.

No my original surgeon does not do revisions.  My insurance did pay for it because I was able to show that there was mechanical issues. 

My original surgery was done lap but the second was done open. I do know that some surgeons will complete a revision lap.  But many time if you have had previous surgeries there may be a great deal of scarred tissue as well as other issues and therefore what you may have thought was going to lap will end up open in the end.  Also, I must say that my scar from my open procedure is healing up very nicely and it has not even been a month.  Matter of fact I recently went to another doctor and they thought the incision was from my first surgery.

the band you got, was it a lap band,the kind that need to be filled, etc?  Would you day "mechanical" applies to my stoma being stretched due to 4 endoscopies?  What kind of insurance do you have?  You are so kind to put up with  my questions. 

No it's not a band that needs o be filled; a small silastic ring is added in an effort to keep the stoma and pouch from stretching.  The fact that your stoma has stretched could definitely be evidence of mechanical failure.  My insurance carrier is Aetna and they were very easy to work with.  I don't have any problems answering your questions because we have all been there before.  Good luck on your journey!

Someone here mentioned that the BOB can create severe GERD.  Had you heard that?

I am not good with the acronyms, what exactly is BOB? 

sorry, BOB is band after bypass.