Question:
Has anyone had gastric bypass surgery after having the Nissen fundoplication surgery
— Frances H. (posted on March 3, 2005)
March 2, 2005
Frances, I had my fundo done back in 99 and 8/04 had my rny. The doc did my
procedure open (had to do it this way to undo the wrap & said he
wanted to make sure he did miss anything). Said when he got in there, the
wrap was almost undone on it's own. Will be 7 months out the middle of
March for my rny and am down 79 pounds. I did not have any complications
because of the fundo wrap and then going onto the rny. My surgeon says that
docs are even looking into having the rny done on people because of the
severe problems with reflux/gerd! Wish they did that for people back when I
had my fundo done. Oh well. If you have any other questions, please email
me. Take care and good luck to you.
— Julie M.
March 2, 2005
Hi Frances,
I have a friend who had a Nissen at the time of her VBG. That surgery
failed, and she ended up being converted to a BPD/DS - which was very
successfully done. She's at goal, and has a wonderful quality of life.
Be sure to compare all of the surgeries, talk to folks who have had the
same types of issues you do, and ask lots of questions about post-op
quality of life. You might want to check out
http://www.gr-ds.com/generalinformation/comparison.html
Blessings,
dina
— Dina McBride
March 2, 2005
Thank God, Someone is answering this question.. I have Nissans
Fundoplacation performed in 1998 and I am now schedule for the bi-pass
RNY surgery, April 5th..
My Doctor is going to try Lap. I know this is a double surgery, I am
wondering how long the hospital stay is?
I have been feeling a little panicy..If any one has had these same
procedures performed please keep in touch.. Edna
— ednacoleman
March 3, 2005
It is my understanding that having a prior Nissan fundoplication is an
excellent reason for having a duodenal switch, rather than an RNYGB. See
this (split) decision by the California Dept. of Managed Health Care, in
which a patient won her case for getting the DS instead of the RNY:
wp.dmhc.ca.gov/imr/detail.asp?id=4024&optFormat=html&cboDetermination=0&cmdSearch=Search&cboMC=Morbid+Obesity&cboTreatment2=0&cboDiagnosis2=0&cboDT=0&cboType=0&txtDetails=switch
— [Deactivated Member]
March 3, 2005
I had the Nissen done in 1999 and then Open RNY 6/21/01. My surgeon
decided to do the surgery as an open procedure because it is more involved
when they "take down" the Nissen. No complications, surgery and
recovery went great and still no heartburn/GERD 4-1/2 years later. I say
go for it but it is preferable that your surgeon has done a Nissen take
down before, not a good idea to be his first test case. Good luck!
— ALF
March 4, 2005
You are probably not going to like my post, but I wish someone would have
been honest with me prior to my surgery. I had a Nissen in 1999 and my OPEN
RNY on Oct. 20, 2004. I had MANY complications: The wrap was very secure
when he got in there and ended up nicking my spleen and had to remove it
due to severe bleeding. HE also nicked my pancreas and it caused a lot of
severe pain afterwards. I had an abcess, a leak, 4 strictures and just 2
days ago got my G-tube (feeding tube) out. I am sure it depends upon the
expertise of your surgeon. I was in surgery for over 6 hours. It was
supposed to be 1 1/2 - 2 hours. I would ask a lot of questions of your
surgeon prior to surgery. I wish you luck, but I just wanted to be honest
with you. My surgeon's nurse told me one day that they were thinking about
taking me off their website, but I told her then, that people need to know
it's not all a piece of cake. She reluctantly agreed. Good luck.......
— debi327
March 4, 2005
Hi there,
My DH had a Nissen Fundoplication done to repair aparaesophageal hernia in
the early middle 1990'2. Then in 1998 he had another paraesophageal hernia
repair. Then Jan 11, 2005 he had a gastrectomy/roux n y anastamosis and
ventral hernia repair. The surgeon removed most of his stomach completely
and created a small pouch for his stomach like the regular RNY. DH has lost
50lbs so far. he was admitted top the hospital today though because a CT
scan done this afternoon showed fluid in there and they put in a drain and
started antibiotics. We don't know that it is infected yet, the drainage
really looks okay to me but they want to be careful and there was a lot of
it there. My DH's surgeon did not leave drains in after the initial
surgery. My surgeon did and his drainage looks the same as the drainage I
had and my drainage was okay.
Anyway yes it can be done but you should have a surgeon who is very
experienced with this type of thing. My surgeon sent DH to the medical
college because he was so complicated. Good luck. Cathy 365/210/165
— catleth
April 7, 2005
Hi, I just had the nissans reversed, and the Roux-N-Y. Tues 4/5th/05
My Doctor Did great..Blessings Edna
— ednacoleman
October 24, 2006
I am trying to find out how Dina is doing with her surgery . She had the
fundo take down and gastric by pass surgery at the same time
— Frances H.
November 5, 2006
How is everyones surgeries going after having the gastric bypass surgery
done after the fundo
— Frances H.
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