What is the swallow test after surgery?

[suekistar 12]

I heard about a swallow test after surgery. What does this test involve?

[viktoryalynne 28]

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Edited October 1, 2014 by viktoryalynne

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I heard about a swallow test after surgery. What does this test involve?

Mine was a barium flouroscopy done 3 days postop. You swallow a radio opaque liquid that you can watch go down your esophagus, through your sleeve and into your intestines. It was very cool.

Other surgeons may do a more basic barium swallow radiograph. You swallow the liquid and a radiograph (or series of radiographs) is taken to see that the liquid is passing through the sleeve and that nothing is leaking out into the abdominal cavity.

The fluoroscopy is like a video, where the radiograph is like a single picture.

Edited October 1, 2014 by Kindle

[viktoryalynne 28]

Never heard of the swallow test.

Edited October 1, 2014 by viktoryalynne

[I will what I want 271]

Mine was a barium flouroscopy. You swallow a radio opaque liquid that you can watch go down your esophagus, through your sleeve and into your intestines. It was very cool.

Other surgeons may do a more basic barium swallow radiograph. You swallow the liquid and a radiograph (or series of radiographs) is taken to see that the liquid is passing through the sleeve and that nothing is leaking out into the abdominal cavity.

The fluoroscopy is like a video, where the radiograph is like a single picture.

It's also called an upper Gi, although it was much less involved than the upper GI I did pre-op. I wish I had been feeling better when I had mine done as the MD was ridiculously handsome. Lol.....

[KristenLee 60]

I had my GI test the day after surgery. just has to sip down 2 ounces, took some pictures, and 5 minutes later all done!

[suekistar 12]

Thank you everyone!