No Bowel prep

Anyone heard of having no bowel prep for a LAP RNY?

Just the nothing to eat or drink after midnight?

Marc

Sure (although we have the same surgeon!)

The only orders (aside from no eating/drinking after midnight) were to have your "non-liquid" meal early on the day before surgery, and reserve the liquid meals for later that day.

I've never understood why some surgeons require a bowel prep; it's not that they're operating anywhere in the vicinity of the colon, afterall.  My understanding is that normal peristalsis, along with the two-week pre-op diet, should ensure that the areas where the surgeon will be operating are sufficiently clean by the day-of-surgery.

/Steve

My doc required bowel prep since he didn't want me to "mess up"  the operating table should an accident happen during surgery. Not a pretty picture having the team operating while holding their collective noses.

Boner

I was not on a liquid diet at all before surgery that is way I have to do the bowel prep. I will consider myself blessed if I never have to do this again.

Bill

Just realized the wife was signed inand not me

For better or worse, you'll have to do a bowel prep before every 5 year colonoscopy to screen for colon cancer once you pass age 50.  At least you now know what to expect!

/Steve

Just realized the wife was signed inand not me



I thought it was a little strange to find a guy named 'sunshine1001' with a chihuahua for an avatar!  Glad you cleared that up before the "no gurlz allowed" krew started snapping their towels!

/Steve

Since we are talking


I did not have a bowel prep...thank you...but there are several reasone to and not to...

1 you might poop on the table...this applies more to quadraplegics that most of us folks.....y'all don;t wanna know any more about that...

2-a doc might be trying to make room...shrink liver...empty colon...

3-some time it takes a while for aprastolic action to return...so if there is nothing there...therre is nothing to get stuck...

and it just depends on how you doc does the operation..his comfort level....

just thought i'd drop a deuce in here

I didn't have a bowel prep, a foley catheter, an ng tube.......nothin'!  If I remember correctly, I even was started on clear liquids the evening of the day of surgery.

Some docs believe it causes electrolyte imbalances. A lesser degree than that would be weakness, which might also be a consideration. Just make sure you don't cheat and eat - don't want any cheeseburgers rollin' around inside the abdominal cavity!

I had a course of antibiotics several days before. I thought that was weird. But they're big on those here in Japan.

Best Wishes,

Dave

Its just not something all surgeons require.

I was given a large meal in the hospital the night before surgery and took nothing to clear me out. I asked about it but was just told to go ahead and have a nice meal.

Steve