Hi All, Someone had posted a picture of a sleeve 1 year out next to one that was 4. In neither picture did I see the staples. Where are they? Do they desolve after our scar tissue builds up?

You can see your staples? My incisions are almost all the way healed and i'm only 14 days out of surgery. I guess my sutures are all inside?

No I mean the stapples they use to close our stomachs themselves.

First, get the picture of staples for paper out of your mind. The staples are along the edge where they cut the stomach. They are clamping the open cut edge shut. The stomach scars around and eventually pretty much over them.

The staples are more of long clamp than what we typically consider as a staple. Both the remaining stomach AND the part of the stomach being removed are stapled shut. The part that is to be removed is stapled to keep it from dumping it's contents into your gut during surgery. This piece is pulled out of the largest laproscopic incision.

Watch this animated video, it shows where they are much clearer:

Hi All, Someone had posted a picture of a sleeve 1 year out next to one that was 4. In neither picture did I see the staples. Where are they? Do they desolve after our scar tissue builds up?

The staples stay in the body. They are healed over with scar tissue, and only show up on XRAY as dark grey/black. You can't really see them because they are non-ferrous, titanium staples. Those pictures are from day of surgery sleeve and then 4 years out.

Thanks guys. I was imagining the big metal staples they use to close deep cuts. I am glad they are non ferrous so if I ever need an MRI I can get one.

Are we able to bet Mri's done this this in our bodies?

Are we able to bet Mri's done this this in our bodies?

Yes, I had MRI last month no problems. Staples are titanium and do react like other metals.

Brenda

shure is hard finding pics of staples! I think this is it...

http://www.medcompare.com/details/36330/PIAndtrade-(Single-Use-Loading-Unit-With-Titanium-Staples).html

graphic depiction of surgery... but it shows a better example of the staples used