9 days post-op, on pureed diet. I have had no issues with any food or liquid I've eaten so far and have been pureeing everything -- like I used to do for my kids for baby food.

Anyway, because it's going SO well, I'm paranoid. What if I'm eating the wrong things? How do I know if I have a leak? Bust open staples? I did not have a leak test before I left hospital.

Dr did mine in OR somehow.

My initial leak test didn't work, because my sleeve was swollen shut completely. The following day, however, additional X-rays showed that some of the due had moved through, an there was no I indication of a leak.

My surgeon tests in the OR. He said he used to do another test before discharge but a large percentage of patients got sick from the test and had to spend an extra night in the hospital, and he never found a leak in over 400 post-op tests.

No leak test here either. Dr Patterson doesn't do them. She heads the center of Excellance here in Oregon.

No leak test for me.

Not me

Never had one that I am aware of. I always assumed that leak tests were given only when the patient complains of certain things and that complaint triggers the doctor to do a leak check? Im prolly wrong, but that is just how I thought it goes.

My leak test was done in the OR as well...they did an endoscopy. i thought they didn't do one at all since it wasnt a separate procedure later. Makes sense to me to do it while you're still in there. I cringe thinking about having to be put back under if they find a problem. Yikes!

When I asked the surgeon about it, he said it just started to not make sense to do an expensive test that distressed his patients when he wasn't finding any leaks.

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I had a leak test done 30 min after surgery.

My surgeon performs one while in the OR after completing procedure.

Nope no testing of any sort prior to discharge.

My Dr also does the leak test in OR. He says it is better that way and easier to get repaired if it is done immediately. It is great, not having to drink that nasty barium stuff!

No leak test for me. I think that's a little weird though. How can it be prevented if they don't check for it?

i had mine when I was out after the op was done they do them when its all meant to be done fill up the outside with water put air inside and watch for bubbles then drain the fluid out and done.