Question:
Does anyone know after OPEN Rny if later gallbladder can be removed LAP?

I am scheduled for Open but at this time my gallbladder is good. My concern is if later it needs to be removed would I be able to have it done Lap or will they have to make another incision.    — Diane S. (posted on October 6, 2003)

October 6, 2003
I had Open RNY in February of this year. Very shortly after, I began having problems with my gallbladder. I was able to have the gallbladder removed laparoscopically. The surgeon who did the gallbladder was different than the one who did the RNY. He said he had done several gallbladder surgeries on Post-RNY patients and had been able to do them all lap. The only concern he had pre-surgery was that it hadn't been that long since the RNY so I was still pretty heavy. I was right at 300 on the consultation, and 290 on the day of surgery. He was worried that he would have to switch from the lap to open, but he was successful. With the RNY scar and the Gallbladder scars, my stomach is beginning to look like a tic tac toe game, but I'm okay with that.
   — Janet S.

October 6, 2003

   — Jazzy

October 6, 2003
I had open RNY on Dec 30, 2002. I had to have a large incisional hernia repaired in June and that was done lap, without problem (a much more technically difficult surgery than gallbladder removal). I then had my gallbladder removed lap in July. No problem! Depending on adhesions and the skill of your surgery, you should be fine.
   — Kate G.