Questions and Answers
Topic: Perioperative Complications
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Below are questions posted by the public about bariatric surgery and related issues. Please note that we are working very hard to make this system as well-organized as possible. If you have a question to ask, please make sure that it hasn't already been asked yet. Redundant questions reduce the quality of this service.

• I was diagnosed with a fatty liver on my gall bladder ultrasound (Jun 24, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• 4 WKS POST OP WITH BACK PAIN AT EPIDURAL SITE, WHY? (Jun 8, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Am I foolish to have this surgery if I have an emergency after surgery, I have 255 miles to travel (Jul 9, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• am i a risk for aneurysm or blood clots! (Jul 7, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• Am I getting the true picture from my surgeon and his staff? (May 2, 2002) (View) (10 answers)
• Anybody have an open wound from an infection? (Oct 23, 2003) (View) (8 answers)
• Anyone develop a kidney infection after surgery? (Apr 30, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Anyone had problems with anesthesia and huge tonsils? (Nov 10, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Anyone having or ever had severe stomach aches and water-like diarrhea? (Oct 20, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• Anyone here ever had superficial phelbitis before surgery? (Jul 16, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• Anyone out there have a Koch pouch urinary diversion have RNY surgery? (Jan 5, 2004) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• Anyone with experience in Chrismas Disease? (Dec 20, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Are blood clots more common with Gastric Bypass surgery (Nov 16, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• Are NG tubes used in all bariatric surgeries? (Nov 28, 2001) (View) (8 answers)
• Are the risks of death and complications higher with the DS? (Dec 7, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• Blood Clots? (Oct 23, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Burning pain in the muscles above incision (Oct 15, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Can any of you DSer's share what type of complications you had? (Feb 15, 2003) (View) (6 answers)
• can anyone please explain to me what it feels like to wake up and be on a ventilator. (Jun 26, 2001) (View) (8 answers)
• Can someone please explain to me what exactly, adhesions are? (Apr 13, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Can you still go into surgery with very high blood pressure? (Jun 13, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• clothes (Dec 4, 2005) (View) (13 answers)
• Complications from old surgery, new insurance has exclusion. (Apr 26, 2009) (View) (1 answer)
• Concerned about Fatty Tumors and Lap Surgery (Jun 10, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Diaphragmatic hernia ? Has anyone been diagnosed after surgery with this? (Mar 13, 2008) (View) (2 answers)
• Do you still have the ventilator when you wake up? (Aug 10, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• Does a fistula repair mean going back to square one? (Oct 11, 2006) (View) (5 answers)
• DOES AN OPEN RNY POSE LESS RISK THAN A LAP RNY? (Jun 6, 2003) (View) (9 answers)
• Does anyone have any numbers about the risks of revision? (Mar 8, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Does Anyone know if a PICC Line in the subclavain could possibly cause (Sep 11, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Does anyone know of a protien pill? (Aug 16, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• does anyone think having gangrene in my stomach will affect surgery? (Nov 10, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Does anyone vomit just after a few bites? (May 26, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• Does everyone experience hair loss & is there anything you can do to prevent it ? (May 19, 2006) (View) (6 answers)
• Does Heparin totally get rid of the chance of forming blood clots? (Mar 10, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Fainting while walking after surgery has me concerned. (Dec 19, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Fear of Nausea? (Dec 30, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• Fistula developed at 5 weeks (Jul 14, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Flying for surgery (Mar 29, 2004) (View) (4 answers)
• Food getting trapped in old stomach?? (Jun 10, 2003) (View) (10 answers)
• For those who have had a leak, how long was your recovery? (Oct 24, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Frothing when you've had nothing to eat or drink... (Oct 30, 2006) (View) (7 answers)
• Has anyone been dilated and is still throwing up ?? (Nov 19, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone developed esophageal reflux after bypass? (Apr 18, 2008) (View) (7 answers)
• Has anyone else experienced post op scarring in thier hook ups? (Jul 8, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone else had a complication/reaction with the sedative they give you before? (Jul 25, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• has anyone else had this problem (Nov 3, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone ever had a bile back-up problem after RNY surgery? (Apr 30, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• Has anyone ever had pe's or blood clots prior to WLS surgery? (Oct 3, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• Has anyone experienced severe bradycardia (slow heart rate) during a lap RNY? (Aug 1, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone had surgery complications due to cesarian scarring? (Oct 11, 2002) (View) (12 answers)
• Has anyone had a fistula repair itself? (Jun 10, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• has anyone had a second operation after their stoma completely closed. (Dec 19, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone had a vasovagal response during laparoscopic RNY? (Aug 9, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• Has anyone had adhesions after lap RNY around the lower left incision? (Jun 1, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• Has anyone had left side pain after eating. I am 4 1/2 months out. (Oct 4, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone had pain at the site where their drain tube was? (Aug 28, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone had PS at the same time as WLS? (Mar 8, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• Has anyone had surgery and did not use the compession stockings? (Jan 9, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• Has anyone had trouble with their sleep apnea during surgery or recovery ? (Apr 20, 2007) (View) (2 answers)
• has anyone has any sleep apnea complications post op (Aug 9, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• has anyone not had pancreatitis before surgery and developed it soon after having wls (Oct 17, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• Has anyone out there ever had Bells Palsy and the gastric bypass? (Sep 26, 2002) (View) (7 answers)
• Has anyone suffered from this complication post op? (May 10, 2004) (View) (1 answer)
• Has anyone who had a Greenfield Filter still developed a clot in lower extremity? (Aug 2, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• Has onyone had this problem? Multi previous belly surgery. (Mar 18, 2005) (View) (6 answers)
• Have you had a full or partial bowel obstruction after WLS? (Aug 23, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• HELP!! (Jan 27, 2010) (View) (4 answers)
• Hematoma 4 hours post-op lap band surgery (Jun 22, 2008) (View) (6 answers)
• Hi guys!! Was wondering if anyone could shed some light on the subject (Nov 19, 2000) (View) (1 answer)
• How common is blood clots with this surgery (Sep 2, 2009) (View) (11 answers)
• How common, or how much of a threat is renal failure after surgery? (Apr 10, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• how long after surgery can u go back to college? (Aug 29, 2003) (View) (10 answers)
• How long after surgery is there a danger for getting a pulmonary embolus? (Jun 27, 1999) (View) (2 answers)
• How long were you in the hospital following LAP-RNY? (Jan 4, 2004) (View) (22 answers)
• How long will this pancreatitis last? (May 25, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• How Soon after cancer for wLS (Dec 18, 2004) (View) (3 answers)
• I am 2 weeks post op and my incision caved in and is draining, is this normal? (Jun 23, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• I am 5 mos. post-op and still have trouble getting in all the protein. (Mar 18, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• I am scheduled for surgery Jan 20, 2003 and I have recently found out I have hyplori. (Dec 24, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• I am scheduled for surgery next wednesday and i was told the primary risk to worry (Sep 5, 2000) (View) (6 answers)
• I am scheduled to have WLS on Dec.5 and just read a mesage (Nov 2, 2003) (View) (8 answers)
• I had a leak following my surgery and was in the hospital for 22 days, (Jun 17, 2006) (View) (4 answers)
• I had my upper GI and it said: (Sep 19, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• I have a fistula in my small bowel 11 mos post op.....I need all the info I can get (Feb 11, 2003) (View) (2 answers)
• I have been scheduled for surgury twice and had to go home (Apr 27, 2007) (View) (4 answers)
• i have diabetes & have kidney disease, how much more at risk? (Jun 7, 2006) (View) (1 answer)
• I have had this distorted sense of taste and smell for a year and I am pre-op. (Apr 4, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• I just got over pneumonia. What effect will that have on my surgery? (Jun 11, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• I just heard about a teacher who died post-op from an (May 8, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• I was told by my psychologist that she knew if people that had hemmoraged? Possible? (Aug 15, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• I went off my Birth Control Pills 6 weeks ago to reduce the risk of blood clots (Oct 18, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• I'm 16days postop and I have an opening in my incision the size of a quater I told my doc he packed (Oct 6, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• I'm 3 mos post op and I still have an open wound inside my abdomin/belly (Sep 21, 2002) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• I'm curious as to the need for blood transfusions (Apr 18, 1999) (View) (10 answers)
• I'm really afraid of blood clots! (Mar 7, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• I'm three days away from open rny and it feels like I'm catching a cold. (Mar 8, 2009) (View) (4 answers)
• I've had 4 C-sections and a hysterectomy. I'm scheduled for a lap RNY. What are the (Nov 19, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• If I vomit, will it hurt my new stomach? (Mar 8, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• If they diagnose sleep apnea through a sleep study... (Aug 2, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• if you have a history of blood does that mean you will always get them (Jun 28, 1999) (View) (1 answer)
• If you have a lap RNY, and you have a leak.... (Dec 8, 2001) (View) (4 answers)
• If you have open RNY can doctor do a tubaligation at same time? (Dec 26, 2001) (View) (3 answers)
• If your smell/taste were altered post-op, did they return to normal, and when? (Apr 10, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• Intestine Surgery (Jul 21, 2009) (View) (4 answers)
• intestines were scared together so couldnt have surgery. now have 2 normal sized (Apr 4, 2008) (View) (2 answers)
• Is a bleeding incision several weeks after surgery normal? (Nov 4, 2004) (View) (4 answers)
• Is a nicked bowel during surgery always a death sentence? (Aug 2, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• Is is my personal bias, Lap vs open complications? (Jun 29, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• Is it possible to catch a aneurysm/blood clot before it results in death, (Aug 13, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• Just a comment about the natural blood thinners, garlic and ginger. (Jul 13, 2003) (View) (3 answers)
• Leak Testing on Table - LAP vs. Open? (Nov 26, 2001) (View) (2 answers)
• liquid vitamins (Apr 19, 2007) (View) (4 answers)
• Medication complications with Gastric Bypass Prednisone? (Jan 9, 2009) (View) (7 answers)
• Muscle spams at 3 1/2 months post-op? (Jul 14, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• my siter has a leak (Sep 14, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• My surgeon said he does the leak test while you are still in surgery... (Nov 25, 2001) (View) (9 answers)
• My surgery has been cancelled three times because of my blood presser can any one hel (May 23, 2007) (View) (3 answers)
• Not just scared but TERRIFIED!!!! (Dec 2, 2002) (View) (22 answers)
• PLEASE HELP I'M FREAKING OUT!!!! I am 15 days post op and was supposed to get my (Jul 15, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• PLEASE HELP! Have you ever had pancreatitis? (May 29, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• Please let me know what helps!!! (Feb 2, 2004) (View) (5 answers)
• Question regarding the Bi-Pap. (Sep 23, 2003) (View) (4 answers)
• Ruptured Discs - What about laying on back for surg? (Mar 4, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• SHOULD I BE CONCERNED ABOUT A RATHER LARGE HEMATOMA ON MY LEG (Jun 21, 1999) (View) (no answers yet; please post yours!)
• Shunt for Pulmonary Embolism (May 8, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• Since my surgery 10 days ago, I have experienced a pain just below my collar bone on (Jun 7, 2001) (View) (6 answers)
• Still can eat after 1 1/2 months after surgery (Jan 22, 2006) (View) (10 answers)
• Stoma too big - anyone had a revision? (Mar 26, 2003) (View) (1 answer)
• Surgery on coumadin (Sep 8, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• To ALL of Dr. Roll's patients in Fairfax........... (Oct 30, 2002) (View) (2 answers)
• upper middle back pain (Apr 24, 2003) (View) (6 answers)
• Went to the ER last night with the worst sharp stabbing pains ever right (Jul 18, 2003) (View) (6 answers)
• Went to the surgeon's office to get my drain tube out. It would not budge! (Sep 7, 2002) (View) (8 answers)
• What are the chances of bowel obstructions after surgery? (Jan 23, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• What are the signs/symptions for bowel obstruction/kinked bowel? (May 15, 2004) (View) (11 answers)
• What are the symptoms of a leak? (Oct 8, 2000) (View) (1 answer)
• What are your risks of developing a Blood Clot if you have (Nov 13, 2000) (View) (4 answers)
• What can cause a staple line distruption besides over-eating? (Feb 21, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• What can this pain be? Your experiences, please! (Apr 4, 2001) (View) (9 answers)
• What causes some people's lungs to collapse in surgery? (Apr 10, 2002) (View) (1 answer)
• What is a central line? What kind of anesthesia do they start with? (Aug 18, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• WHAT IS A VENTILATOR???? (Feb 28, 2000) (View) (2 answers)
• what is septic shock ? (Dec 28, 2006) (View) (3 answers)
• WHAT IS THE COMPLICATION CALLED ARDS? (Mar 12, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE? (Jul 19, 2002) (View) (6 answers)
• What is the precentage chance of death with an Lap RNY? (Mar 13, 2002) (View) (4 answers)
• What's the reason for the urine test? (Nov 14, 2002) (View) (3 answers)
• WHATS A LEAK? (Jul 1, 2001) (View) (1 answer)
• When a venous thrombosis an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter is required (Oct 2, 1999) (View) (3 answers)
• When surgery goes wrong. (Apr 3, 2002) (View) (11 answers)
• Why am I throwing up a foamy white phlem after I eat? I am 2 months post op from an (Mar 12, 2006) (View) (16 answers)
• Why do blood clots sometimes occur after surgery? (Dec 18, 2000) (View) (3 answers)
• Why would a doctor do lapband in one area and rny in a diff. location? (May 17, 2003) (View) (5 answers)
• Why would you have to be on a ventilator? Does everyone have to wake up on one? (Jul 12, 2004) (View) (4 answers)
• Will Dr. still do surgery if blood sugar is 185...Surgery is tomorrow the 18th (Aug 17, 2014) (View) (1 answer)
• will having a hernia affect my approval for surgery? (Jul 15, 2004) (View) (1 answer)
• Will I ever get better? (Jul 9, 2002) (View) (5 answers)
• Will my having a C-Section interfere with my surgeons decision to perform a Lap RNY? (Apr 17, 2001) (View) (5 answers)
• Will surgery date have to be changed due to my monthly? (Feb 27, 2004) (View) (9 answers)
• worried about cause of mild pain after complications. (Jan 13, 2004) (View) (1 answer)
• Would a blood pressure of 150/100 keep me from having surgery??? (Jun 18, 2002) (View) (3 answers)