Mri Conditional?

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I meant to ask my surgeon, but I forgot. I am really curious though. My card that the surgeon gave me after lapband says "MRI conditional". I don't know what that means, or how it affects my life. I wanted to do an fMRI research study as a subject to get an extra $300 and postponed it til after the band, because with all the Dr's appointments prior I didn't have a full day to dedicate to the study away from work. I am nervous now that I can't participate because of this "conditional". Anyone else ask their doctor about it???

[jen_1381 446]

This peaked my curiosity so I did a little research. From what I've found, there shouldn't be any reason why you can't have an MRI. Nothing in the band set-up should react with the magnet of the MRI. As always though, check with your surgeon. There's a reason they put it on the card.

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I have to have MRI's yearly. I checked before being banded and was assured by both my neurologist (doc who orders my yearly MRI's) and my surgeon that the band would cause no issues with MRI's.

[banditalovely 25]

This peaked my curiosity so I did a little research. From what I've found' date=' there shouldn't be any reason why you can't have an MRI. Nothing in the band set-up should react with the magnet of the MRI. As always though, check with your surgeon. There's a reason they put it on the card.[/quote']

So I asked my surgeon and he said at over 3.0 tesla (which is uncommonly used for humans) that I might feel some warmness or burning and I should stop the mri. I work with mri though and just wanted to know what to expect. He said I should be fine.