Follow up appointment

Just had my 1st follow up appt. My surgery was 9/15. 1st good news finally got my staples removed (they were really itchy and annoying) 2nd and better news for me, I am down 13lbs (in only a week and a half)

Yay for you..

and so it begins. 13 lbs. is a great start to your wl journey

Congrats

Thanks, I am super excited.

I did not know that there are staples in VSG surgery. My surgery is October 18. Where are the staples?

My doctor used staples to close my incisions.

There should be three rows of staples on the side of the stomach where the other portion was removed. I was told that over time, scar tissue will grow over the staple line. These staples are permanent.

This is a matter of preference. My VSG was laparoscopic, as most are, and I have five teeny incisions. They each had one steristrip. No staples.

All surgeons use staples to close the actual stomach from where they cut away the rest of it. However, to close the incisions in your abdomen, every surgeon is different. I had no staples, only surgical glue and steri-strips to close my incisions. Ask your surgeon what method he/she will be using.

There are always staples on the stomach pouch and these are permanent. Scar tissue forms over them to provide a strong seal.

How your incisions are closed is generally up to surgeon preference, although they could be closed with staples, sutures, steri-strips, surgical glue, or a combination of these.

Thank you all for the clarification. My VSG is going to be laporiscopic . I understand the staples along the new stomach stays and poses no problem.