Looking for an answer to a very unusual question
Hoping someone who has experienced a similar situation will answer this.
I had a nissen fundoplication done several years back which failed and I am wondering if it can be revised and a lap band done in its place. I am terrified admittedly of the gastric bypass procedure due to the death of a dear friend who was involved in the process.
Is it possible to have the nissen reversed? I would not be afraid of laproscopic surgery but the idea of the total bypass purely is more than my mind can handle.
Any thoughts or information anyone would not mind sharing would be deeply appreciated. I had a spinal fusion in December and the only hope I have for ever getting the back pain in control is weight loss.
God Bless all of you
Jane Tatum
I had a nissen fundoplication done several years back which failed and I am wondering if it can be revised and a lap band done in its place. I am terrified admittedly of the gastric bypass procedure due to the death of a dear friend who was involved in the process.
Is it possible to have the nissen reversed? I would not be afraid of laproscopic surgery but the idea of the total bypass purely is more than my mind can handle.
Any thoughts or information anyone would not mind sharing would be deeply appreciated. I had a spinal fusion in December and the only hope I have for ever getting the back pain in control is weight loss.
God Bless all of you
Jane Tatum
I don't know if a fundiplication can be reversed. In what way did it fail? Does it just not prevent the reflux, or is there some undoing of the fundiplication?
You might talk with a couple of good WLS sugeons and ask them about it. Bring your surgical and medical records, if possible. Because of the way they twist the stomach back on itself for the fundiplication, it might not be possible to have the band put there. But maybe you could look into having a sleeve gastrectomy? I've heard of people who had had the fundiplication doing fine with the sleeve.
The sleeve really isn't any more invasive than the band. They invade just as much, but with the sleeve they don't leave any kind of band in there. They remove the part of the stomach that produces most of the ghrelin in your body, which is not only a hormone of inappropriate hunger, but also tends to cause more fat storage per any given amount of calories taken in. (sorry to introduce another option to research!)
Dennie
You might talk with a couple of good WLS sugeons and ask them about it. Bring your surgical and medical records, if possible. Because of the way they twist the stomach back on itself for the fundiplication, it might not be possible to have the band put there. But maybe you could look into having a sleeve gastrectomy? I've heard of people who had had the fundiplication doing fine with the sleeve.
The sleeve really isn't any more invasive than the band. They invade just as much, but with the sleeve they don't leave any kind of band in there. They remove the part of the stomach that produces most of the ghrelin in your body, which is not only a hormone of inappropriate hunger, but also tends to cause more fat storage per any given amount of calories taken in. (sorry to introduce another option to research!)
Dennie
"It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ~Julia Child"
Jane,
I am not familiar with the procedure you have mentioned. However, I did have lap band because I was afraid of the more involved surgeries.. I basically wasted three years with the lap band. I had some loss, but it is not a solution.
I revised to a DS a couple of weeks ago and I am sure this is going to work. I am sorry that you lost your friend who was involved in the bypass process. However, your friend's case is an exception.
I recommend getting with an experienced lap surgeon who can talk to you about your specific case. I recommend my surgeon, Hugh Houston at Centennial in Nashville. Remember, your life can be quite different in a matter of months.
Mary
I am not familiar with the procedure you have mentioned. However, I did have lap band because I was afraid of the more involved surgeries.. I basically wasted three years with the lap band. I had some loss, but it is not a solution.
I revised to a DS a couple of weeks ago and I am sure this is going to work. I am sorry that you lost your friend who was involved in the bypass process. However, your friend's case is an exception.
I recommend getting with an experienced lap surgeon who can talk to you about your specific case. I recommend my surgeon, Hugh Houston at Centennial in Nashville. Remember, your life can be quite different in a matter of months.
Mary
Mary
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