Has anyone heard of people having short bowel syndrome after the sleeve surgery? I'm assuming that's more for bypass patients because of the circumventing of the stomach, etc. With the sleeve, they're not cutting away any of the bowel or intenstines, right? Just the size of the stomach.

Has anyone heard of people having short bowel syndrome after the sleeve surgery? I'm assuming that's more for bypass patients because of the circumventing of the stomach, etc. With the sleeve, they're not cutting away any of the bowel or intenstines, right? Just the size of the stomach.

Is that also referred as "dumping syndrome"? I definitely experienced that in the beginning but not anymore.

And yes, they DO NOT remove any of the bowl or intestines. There are some really cool videos on YouTube if you have a strong stomach. (ha- no pun intended)

i consulted the oracle (aka wikipedia LOL ) and found that short bowel syndrome "is a malabsorption disorder caused by the surgical removal of the small intestine, or rarely due to the complete dysfunction of a large segment of bowel.It usually does not develop unless more than two thirds of the small intestine have been removed. SBS has been designated a rare disease by the EMA,^[1] and is eligible for orphan drug designation according to the USFDA.^[2"

....so it doesn't sound like a sleeve thing. They only take the long side of the stomach out. That's part of the reason why I chose sleeve over bypass. You can google "vertical sleeve gastrectomy image" and find all kinds of pictures (drawings if you're squeamish!). I tried to attach one here but it isn't working. . . .

There are some really cool videos on YouTube if you have a strong stomach. (ha- no pun intended)

lmao

LOL yes, on youtube I carefully searched for vsg ANIMATION