Hi i just had surgery sept. 11, 2007 i just wanted to know how could you tell if your band has slipped or not.

Usually, the patient has nasty heart burn and reflux, and cannot keep anything down (including liquids).

It is usually Dx under xray.

But at this stage of the game, I wouldn't be worried about slippage.

Hi i just had surgery sept. 11, 2007 i just wanted to know how could you tell if your band has slipped or not.

Hi,

Inamed told me on the telephone that the overwhelming majority of slips were caused by REPEATED, SEVERE vomiting.

They said that the symptoms of a slip are either a sudden, UNEXPLAINABLE loss of restriction, or a sudden, UNEXPLAINABLE severe obstruction.

Slipped bands are verified by a fluoroscopic examination or an X-Ray.