Question:
Do they collapse your lung?

I was told today that during RNY surgery the surgeon has to collapse your left lung. Is this true?    — Sandy B. (posted on July 22, 2002)

July 21, 2002
Four of us in our family have had lap RNY.....no collapsed lungs here! The surgical area in all WLS procedures is below the diaphragm. Unless your surgeon was combining two surgeries and doing an additional procedure in the chest cavity, there would never be any reason to purposely collapse a lung. However, in very rare cases, a patient might spontaneously experience the collapse of a lung during surgery/anesthesia....a problem easily corrected at the time.
   — Diana T.

July 23, 2002
hiya i had open rny and they did not collapse my lung. you may want to check with your surgeon. good luck!
   — jkb