Should you be ableto see the staples onaxray after surgery?Ok

Yes

I cannot see mine.I am so scared the doctor didn't use them. He swears he did his surgical report says he did. He says they are tucked inside and then stitched.

I cannot see mine. I am scared. The doctor swears he used them, and then tucked them inside and stitched the sleeve. It was not a doctor on this site! What should Ido?

Are you having some sort of trouble with your sleeve? Why don't you trust your doctor?

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

My husband has me all freaked out. He had surgery 10 months ago in the US, but I had to go to Mexico. So he is nit picking everything

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

My husband has me all freaked out. He had surgery 10 months ago in the US, but I had to go to Mexico. So he is nit picking everything

I'm not sure how to assuage your fears, but what's done is done. Just because your surgeon is in Mexico doesn't mean that they are incompetent. Perhaps you can follow up with your husband's provider in the future.

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

The original post simply asked if one could see staples on an X-ray post-operatively...and the answer remains YES.

Edited September 12, 201510 yr by AngelaWilliamsMD

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

The original post simply asked if one could see staples on an X-ray post-operatively...and the answer remains YES.

Lol, whatever. *eyeroll*