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Leaks

My family has decided to sit me down and tell me about every friend of a friend they heard of who had a leak. My cousin had this surgery and got a leak after a year from eating too much, is that even possible? Shouldn't the stomach be fully healed?

I am posting from my phone and just realized that this isn't the correct sub forum, can a mod move it?

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  • swimbikerun
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    Good Lord yes. I have the worst luck. I've had problems. I would still tell people to go get the surgery. I had GI issues before and one of them didn't go away and maybe caused the other problems. I

  • Andrew0929
    Andrew0929

    I'd like to see some statistics on later-stage leaks. With the overall probability for a leak being so low the later- stage ones must be extremely low. Also I wonder what the causes are for later-

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I originally wanted plication. My surgeon advised against it. Me Bmi is 44. Hospital angeles strongly advised vsg instead of plication. Apparently vsg has a better chance of long term weight loss with less complications for someone with a 44 Bmi. Based on their study of plication and historical experience they strongly advised vsg versus lap ban and plication even though it is not reversible.

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