Anyone been told they have a kink in their band?? If so whats the outcome. I dont see the surgeon till Tuesday.

Where did you hear about the "kink" in the band? I have never heard of this. What kind of symptoms do you have? I have had 2 slips, one that needed a revision operation. Best wishes on your problem. Karen

Went in for my check up and decided to get a small fill when they tried to remove the fluid to see how much was in the band I could feel it tugging. They couldn't remove any fluid. They reviewed my upper gi disk and it shows as plain as day its kinked.I know they had a recall for this for my band but only on the ones that weren't placed in anyone..

I'm assuming it's the port that's kinked (or is the the band itself?) They discovered my port was kinked, and I had to have a port revision in early June. All fixed, and working as it should now! Good luck, and feel free to msg me if you have any specific questions!

Kinks in the tubing are very easily fixed but do require day surgery. Usually it isn't a difficult thing to fix and the likelihood of re-occuring is very low.

When I get a fill, the first thing the Dr. does if pull all the Fluid out of my band, to measure it and check color, etc....he then replaces it with fresh saline.

Well, one time when he tried to pull the saline out, he could not no matter how firmly he pulled...

I had a kink in the tubing, and the more he pulled, the tighter the kink got.....

Fortunately, you can see my port, AND the tubing right under my skin as clear as day, and you can easily see it kink, ...so it was easy to massage the tubing with my index finger to prevent it from collapsing while he worked the syringe....

So went to the dr.and said theres not a kink in my band and all is great..soo happy

I had a kink in the tubing that resulted in my tubing cracking, long story short, I ended up having surgery to cut tubing then rejoin it to the port. Quick and simple, but did have complications with surgical sight infection so port came out and healed then back to put in new port.

Here is the link to recall info:

http://www.ethicon.com/newsinfo/corporate/1066

It was for Realize bands in use before 2010.