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My Doctor says that after he places the band, he "flips" the stomach up and sutures it to itself to prevent slippage. Have any of you heard of this technique? Sounds like extra pain to me. I can't find it on any of the tapes and presentations I have read. Thanks for your input.

Mary :confused2:

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I am 11 days post-op. My surgeon also said the same thing. I was thinking, yeah, good idea! Let's keep that thing in the right place for good. Honestly, there was virtually no pain in my stomach area, just in the port site. Good luck to you!

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as far as i know, this is the procedure that they use now. they didn't always anchor it to the stomach, but they do now because it keeps the band in place.

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Thanks for that input!! I agree that it sounded good to keep the band in place...but I wondered about folding the stomach over and suturing it. Sometimes it's not good to know too much!

Mary:rolleyes2:

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They don't really fold it, as far as what I think of when I hear the word "fold". They kind of scoop it up and suture it in place on top of the band so the band is in a sort of tunnel formed by the stomach wall.

(I've been watching lap band surgeries online. :biggrin: )

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I can't recall the name of the technique, maybe someone else will, but if someone does, you'll be able to google for it and it should make more sense... it MIGHT be 'fars placida', but if that's it, I probably spelled it wrong. Basically, on one side only, they put a few sutures in the stomach to attach it to itself around the band. It's not quite as invasive as it sounds.

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It is quite common, I believe most surgeons use this technique--like Marimaru--the name for it escapes me. The stitches are used to simply hold it in place while adhesions-scar tissue- forms to hold it securely in place. You do not feel anything inside that way.

The muscle is sore from the port placement, as well as being generally sore from the manipulation of your innards as the surgery was being done--but to say my stomach hurt from the stitches? No, I had no sensation of anything being done that way.

My surgeon come into my room and had a band for us to feel and see and play with. He used the sheet on my bed as a demo of a stomach, and showed me exactly how he was going to bring the lower portion of stomach up and stitch it in particular areas to anchor it for healing. Made much more sense to me when I could "see" what was going to be done.

Kat

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