I am getting the Lapband surgery on November 19th, and was wondering if anyone can give me any advice or news they heard about adding the plication? I am supposed to let me doctor know this week if I want to do the plication or not, I have heard good things about it but it makes me nervous that there are no long term studies in the US about this, any help? Please

I don't know anything personally...but I know serveral on here had plication. I believe CarolinaGirl did?

What is plication? It has never come up in anything I have learned about Lap Band.

It's where they "fold" the bottom half of your stomach "in half" and stich it in place. It's kinda like a sleeve...but no cutting of the actual stomach. Don't know if I explained it well.

Yep, Carolinagirl had it, you can shoot her a message, really nice, or she will probably answer on here soon.

hi, just got on here and saw plication..

yes i had it june 6th and am down exactly 80 as of today

its an extra tool to help the band and my surgeon stressed that if i dont eat healthy, or more than my allotted cup

then it wont help.....it helps me feel full and at 5 months, i have not needed a fill.

highly recommend it...any questions, give me a shot

I had band with plication in late May. In 5 months I'm down 40 lbs. I've had 2 small fills. I feel the plication is just another tool to help me.

I had band with plication in late May. In 5 months I'm down 40 lbs. I've had 2 small fills. I feel the plication is just another tool to help me.

Awesome progress Kelly!!!!

Glad youve been so successful!

I had lap band with plication a year ago. Very happy, no complications. It is like getting two surgeries for one! My doc has had great success with it!

BTW in the year since surgery I have had only two fills.

wow thank you all for all your info, i am leaning towards getting the plication. I have heard alot of good things but since it is so new there are not many people who have done this yet. All of you have made trememdous progress! I hope I can do the same!

I had lap band with plication and I would do it again in a heart beat. I've lost 66 pounds since may 24, 2012. I've had no complications with it.

So the part of the stomach that gets folded over is the part that signals hunger and communicates with the brain. That is the part that gets removed with the sleeve. Plication works as an added tool because it muffles the screams to eat more food that your brain hears. I had never heard about this until after my band. This is the only info I know about the sleeve because I asked my surgeon at my last appointment to explain it to me.

how would you all rate the pain after the surgery?

So the part of the stomach that gets folded over is the part that signals hunger and communicates with the brain. That is the part that gets removed with the sleeve. Plication works as an added tool because it muffles the screams to eat more food that your brain hears. I had never heard about this until after my band. This is the only info I know about the sleeve because I asked my surgeon at my last appointment to explain it to me.

And Dr Coirin doesn't do it. I asked at my first appointment. Although in my case it doesn't really matter since my insurance won't cover it anyways.

how would you all rate the pain after the surgery?

i stayed overnight in the hospital and my pain was managed there. at home, i had some gas pain, but nothing bad. i dont think the pain is any different from those who had just lapband.