This is for thise who had band removed...then had to wait for bypass revision.

Laparoscopic-gastric-bypass-surgery.html

How many incisions do they do for bypass?

Do they use the same incision site (that they used for port removal) again for bypass?

If so.....Has anyone had any difficulty with incisions healing, after they used the port incision again?

I understand that when they use the same incision sites, that the tissue and muscle can become weaker and healing might be a problem.

Please share any info. Thanks!

This is for thise who had band removed...then had to wait for bypass revision.

Laparoscopic-gastric-bypass-surgery.html

How many incisions do they do for bypass?

Do they use the same incision site (that they used for port removal) again for bypass?

If so.....Has anyone had any difficulty with incisions healing, after they used the port incision again?

I understand that when they use the same incision sites, that the tissue and muscle can become weaker and healing might be a problem.

Please share any info. Thanks!

I didn't have a wait between removal and bypass but the incision where my port was removed took almost three months to fully heal. I developed a seroma and it took all that time to want to heal up and stop leaking.

Hopefully I am the rare case and others healed much faster!

I am 3 weeks post band and port removal and it isn't completely closed yet but looks so much better. He told me I would have to wait 8-12 weeks post band removal before revising to bypass, but forgot to ask if he would be using different areas for incisions. I would rather look like a pin cushion than to have him go in the same new incision sites and then have trouble with them healing.

Edited September 1, 201510 yr by Dream4tc

I don't think they will have to go back through the port site. I had 7 incisions from my surgery and I think standard for bypass is 6. Hopefully that spot will be left alone.

@@rosemary79 thankyou, I have been really worried about that. Were your incisions lap incisions? and all the same size? or any ones bigger than the others?

Edited September 1, 201510 yr by Dream4tc

Yes everything was done laparoscopically and they were all the same size (or pretty close) except that darn port site!! They all healed really quickly as well.