No leak test - self pay

[DisneyMom2El 119]

My doctor also doesn't do a leak test. He's the medical director at a bariatric center for excellence. I'm not sure why, I didn't think to ask at the time but now I'm curious.

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[WitchySar 244]

My surgeon does a leak test during surgery before he closes. No separate leak test the next day. Maybe that's what this surgeon does?

[rharris75 41]

Thank you all I'm definitely going to look further into this !

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[sweesee 30]

My surgeon didn't do a post op leak test either, and he's won awards worldwide for bariatric surgery and is the head of a center of excellence. I may be mistaken, but I believe some surgeons check for leaks in surgery

[rharris75 41]

Thank you everyone !

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[MemphisWLS 58]

@@high functioning. No he does 3 a day, he can probably do more but he does other surgeries other than BS and he was one of the first doctors in the US to start doing the sleeve. Alot of surgeons do a leak test before the sew you up, you don't need an additional leak test post op, now if a surgeon does do one there is no harm in that either. With that being said, nothing in life is guaranteed, you can have all those leaks done and still get a leak. We all pray to have a safe and successful surgery.

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