How long did your surgery take? My mother asked the PA and she said about 3 hours. I'm guessing that's worst case scenario, cause I keep reading different amounts of time.

25 minutes.

I'm having Lapband removed, gallbladder removed AND sleeve done on 9/29... Soooo nervous!!!! It all happened so fast! I was approved in a week and will only have 10 days of preop! Any advise or encouragement for multiple surgeries will be SOoooooo appreciated!

2 hours it included 45 min prep I had a robotic surgery, and they biopsy my liver too

I'm having Lapband removed, gallbladder removed AND sleeve done on 9/29... Soooo nervous!!!! It all happened so fast! I was approved in a week and will only have 10 days of preop! Any advise or encouragement for multiple surgeries will be SOoooooo appreciated!

If u search in here u can find groups of people that had this done that can help u better and good luck with the surgery

45 minutes, compared to roughly two and a half hours for the RNY. However, the wait and delay time and all the rigmarole in the pre-op and recovery areas make that a negligible part of the total time commitment. I arrived at the hospital at 8 for a 9:30 procedure, but I wasn't taken in until almost noon, and I took a while to recover because I was so nauseated by the pain meds. By the time I was actually aware of my surroundings and awake in my nursing floor room it was early evening and dusk was gathering.

How long did your surgery take? My mother asked the PA and she said about 3 hours. I'm guessing that's worst case scenario, cause I keep reading different amounts of time.

Mine was over in about 45 minutes. Probably depends on the skill of the surgeon and complexity of your case.

Mine only took 30 mins

Just had mine done on Friday oct 2nd.. It was like 45 min-1hour no hernia repair ..

45 minutes

My surgeon came by just before my surgery and said it take an hour of the sleeve and a bit longer for the abdominal hernia repair.

I think my surgery started at 7:45am.

It was all a blur. I'd asked for a pre-op Valium to chill me out. Great move.

I was done with surgery and recovery room and in my hospital room by mid morning.

They let me rest for a while and then I was up walking early afternoon.

Mine was 35 min. My surgeon oversewed the staple line as well. Mine was easy. No fatty liver, normal omentum. My fat is almost all hips thighs

Edited October 16, 201510 yr by Key Tones

Mine was an hour and a half. But I was in the recovery room longer, I had a hard time waking up. Surgery was at 9:30 am and I also, was up walking in the afternoon. It helped relieve a lot of gas right away. I took a few walks at night with the nurse Sandi, she was fantastic!

A special thank you to... Dr. Pesta from McLaren Macomb Hospital in Michigan. His office and surgery staff, Nancy RN who kept me calm before surgery and especially... Sandi RN and my RN who due to all the meds I think was Pat? (you were with me from the start getting to my private room) I will update name later when I find out. Great program at this hospital!

You guys went above and beyond!✨

Edited October 23, 201510 yr by LuckyLady101515

My actual surgery took a little over 1 hour. The Doctor said he was pleased and all went according to plan. The recovery room was an additional couple of hours, I think (I had NO concept of time until I was transferred to my room AND slept for a while).

Had mine on Monday and it was 1 hour and a half. He done the leak test and all during surgery. He also hand see the incision after stapling it.

Hand sew my bad misspell ^

About 2 1/2 of total OR time for me with no complications.