My surgeon said he doesn't do a leak test because 1) they've never had a leak and 2) he believes that normal vital monitoring will let the staff know if a leak is present.

Any other surgeons not do leak tests before leaving the hospital? Seems a little unconventional to me so I'm trying not to be worried about it. Other than this thing nagging at me, I am extremely confident in the hospital, program, and surgical team.

My surgeon doesn't normally do a leak test for his VSG patients. He did say, however, that if a person experienced lots of nausea and vomiting after the surgery, he would do one prior to the okay to have Water by mouth.

He does test for leaks during the surgery by pumping the stomach full of a blue dye and they check our drain as well.

It didn't concern me, his explanations made sense.