Hello, I joined today in hopes of finding others who are long term vsgers who had horrible gerd after surgery. I had my surgery in 2007 and by 2015, my gerd was so unbearable that I had something similar to a nissen fundo with mesh. That surgery has failed and my doctor is now suggesting a revision to rny. I am concerned about the risk and possible complications. Has anyone here had a sleeve to rny revision after nissen fundo-type surgery? I searched the forums and couldn't find anything specific to this order of surgeries. Thank you for any information you can offer. Lisa

Sleeve to RNY is very common.

Sleeve to Nissen to RNY, doesn't make any sense. As far as I'm aware you can't do a Nissen after a Sleeve.

The risks from a sleeve to bypass are minimal. But I doubt anybody knows exactly what this second surgery consisted of

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Unfortunately, GERD issues after VSG are not uncommon. Moving forward, you should do a lot of research to find a highly experienced bariatric surgeon who is capable of performing a revision as many WLS surgeons are not skilled in this area.

I had my sleeve 2 years ago and the GERD is HORRIBLE! I’m currently on 3 meds to control it, but am not having any luck. I am having an RNY in January to hopefully resolve things!

1 minute ago, Nowheregirl said:

I had my sleeve 2 years ago and the GERD is HORRIBLE! I’m currently on 3 meds to control it, but am not having any luck. I am having an RNY in January to hopefully resolve things!

Curious how soon after did it start?

There were some entries on ObesityHelp regarding NF and revisions to RNY from 2012, but it seemed rare to have a sleeve the NF, then RNY and not many experienced surgeons do it at all? Good luck.