question about EROS

happy girl
on 12/25/07 10:16 am
I am just curious about things - just trying to get everything straight. I know RESTORe alters just the stoma I know StomaphyX alters both the pouch and stoma (a Dr working with it told me that) Does EROS fix the pouch and stoma too?  If so, anyone know how it's different from StomaphyX? thanks

2003 RNY, 2007 Revision Distal RNY
April 17, 2009 ~ fleur de lis TT w/Muscle Repair, Medial Thigh Lift, Ventral Hernia Repair 


  

 

BeachPat
on 12/25/07 1:58 pm
I had the Stomaphyx and it did NOT alter the stoma; it just reduced the size of the pouch, which is why it didn't work for me.
RNY (1997) at 338 lbs.;revision (2001); Failed StompahyX in 2007; DS (2008) at 268 lbs.

SophieGrace
on 12/26/07 11:33 am - IL

EROS fixes both the pouch and the stoma. Stomaphyx only "pleats" the pouch so that it's smaller.  It does nothing to reduce the size of the stoma.  The name is misleading, I know. If the problem is an enlarged stoma, Stomaphyx will probably not help you at all.

happy girl
on 12/26/07 12:15 pm
That is so strange, I spoke with a doctor, and he said the stomaphyX does both the stoma and pouch.  My issue is the stoma, so I am thankful to be in the resolve study, I wonder if he going to do both???

2003 RNY, 2007 Revision Distal RNY
April 17, 2009 ~ fleur de lis TT w/Muscle Repair, Medial Thigh Lift, Ventral Hernia Repair 


  

 

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