I've read several posts now about people whose sleeves flipped and/or twisted after surgery. This is a complication I haven't heard of, and I'm completely scared to death of it. It sounds like a total nightmare.

For those who've experienced or know anything about this, how does it happen?

For how long after surgery is this a possibility?

How do you know it has happened? And how do doctors fix it?

Never heard of this. Not even in the orientation or Pre op class I was required to take. They talked about leaks but not this. It must not be really common on a sleeve. Now on a by pass I've heard of the instetin getting twisted.

I was going to write what ali above wrote. The stomach part that remains after a sleeve is attached to our insides and doesn't twist. Only bypass pts have twisted bowel and can be life threatening.

Yeah never heard of this one and either. Where did you read these posts? Maybe they meant something else or that it just felt like their sleeve was twisted. I learned really quick while doing my research to not always believe everything you read though. My surgeon set me straight really quick my first appointment so I have found when in doubt I just ask him lol.

You can put "flipped" into the search box for some posts.