Question:
Has anyone had gastric bypass laproscopically after having their gallbladder removed
I had my gallbladder removed laproscopically 5 years ago and am now considering gastric bypass... can you have it done laproscopically... is their worse scarring?? — wendy-s (posted on January 15, 2009)
January 15, 2009
I had my gallbladder removed laparoscopically 6 years ago and I had the
gastric bypass 2 months ago.
The bypass required 5 small incisions. The gallbladder, two, I think. I
didnt have any problems.
— tchrlisa
January 15, 2009
I had my gallbladder removed 8/07 and then had lap VSG 5/08 with no
problems. I do have 11 scars on my stomach now but the 2 procedures but
they have faded and don't bother me at all. The incisions were very small
as they are for RNY. Best thing I ever did!
— GlitterGal
January 15, 2009
I had a c-section and 8 weeks after that I had my gallbladder out. 12
years later I had gastric bypass. Other than a couple of adhesions from my
c-section which the doctor removed, there were no problems. My bypass was
well over a year ago.
— Shirley D.
January 15, 2009
In 1995 I had my gallbladder, appendix, adhesions & a cyst taken out.
Had LAP RNY on 2/15/07 - two years next month - NO issues at all. In fact
the surgeon said it was one of the easier and quickest procedure he had
done.
— jammerz
January 15, 2009
I had gastric bypass and my gall bladder and a hernia repaired all at once
in march of 2008 and i have very faint scars which are almost like tiny pen
marks and you can barely see them as of today,cant really see the scars
unless your right up close to my stomach and looking for the marks.
- Patti
— Patsykins
January 15, 2009
Yes you can. And as you can see by all the other posts there is generally
no problem. Scarring can be minimized by your surgeon. Good Luck and God
Bless,
vinnigirl, retired RN
— vinnigirl
January 15, 2009
I had gallbladder removed in August of 2007, then Gastric Bypass in
November of 2008. No problems with either, scars are very small and
unnoticable. Scars shrink very quickly on both surgeries.
— PSparks000
January 15, 2009
I had gallbladder removed in 1980 and lap RNY in 2006- so far have lost 151
anf gone from a size 24 to a size 8. You just have to have a very good
surgeon. Good luck. Donna
— dabby
January 15, 2009
I had my gallbladder removed about 2 years ago and had gastric bypass 5
months ago. No problems at all with scaring.
— CHEWAWASRULE
January 15, 2009
I had my gallbladder removed 5 years ago lap and my rny 3 years ago lap.
So, yes it can be done. There is no more scarring than when you had your
gallbladder. My surgeon went through those scars from my gall bladder and I
had a couple of new ones, but not any worse. Hope this helps you. Good luck
with your surgery.
— trishhooper
January 16, 2009
I had my gallbladder removed in 7/07 and then had laproscopic rny 7/08. My
surgeon said that I had very little internal scarring from the gallbladder
which she appreciated greatly. As for my stomach I had 4 incisions for my
gallbladder (all but 1 have faded completely) and they reused one of them
for the rny. Right now I have 6 very noticable incisions but they will
fade somewhat with time. Not a big deal for the benefits I've gained.
— dnefews
January 16, 2009
I just had my RNY at the end of November and they did it Lap. I had 5
small incisions about 1" long. I think the Dr.'s like the difference
between prior lap ops and the old open admn. ops. Less adheasion/scarring
inside to deal with.
— angelvh2
January 16, 2009
I had 5 different laproscopic procedures done befor gastric bypass and had
no difficulties.
— sam590
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