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Lap Band Chest X-Ray

CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF YOU CAN SEE THE LAP BAND PORT AND TUBE ON A REGULAR CHEST XRAY!?

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    Yes it shows up. I got a copy of mine to save. It's kinda hard to see but it definitely there.

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    That would depend on whether or not your port is situated in your chest.

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    I don't know, but mine showed up in the CT scan and the radiologist freaked out. He thought the port and tubing was part of the band that came off. This was in 2005, so it wasn't that common to see them. I saw it and showed him what everything was for when he came across it again.

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    They do show up in an X ray but I suspect the image must have extended further than your chest! I had an abdominal X ray a couple of months back and they were clearly visible.

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    I thought that I had seen it before on my xray, so here is my dillemna on my most recent chest xray, I can clearly see the port, but no tube???

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