VSG (staples, not sleeve)With Gastric bypass

who knows
on 8/17/14 4:06 am

I read my surg report and it says VSG   with the S being staples not sleeve.  I am not having much luck googling tht, it comes up with sleeve! Did anyone else have staples instead of sleeve ? is that just how they did it 13 yrs ago?  Any known complications from using staples instead of sleeve?   

kagrady2005
on 8/19/14 12:42 am
VSG on 09/10/14

I'm not sure if this helps you but in a Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy, they use staples to seal the incision where they cut out the excess stomach... They call it a sleeve because it essentially leaves you with a sleeve for a stomach. They don't put a sleeve on your stomach or anything. Maybe it's just a terminology thing????

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