Interesting Info re: Strictures
That's interesting. I had my second dialation yesterday and I am only 6 weeks post op. My doc said he would see me again because as I heal it will keep tightening up. I asked him how long it takes to heal and he said it can take scar tissue up to a year to settle down and stop causing strictures. I hope mine stops causing problems sooner than later.
~Heidi
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It is a narrowing that can be caused by inflammation, scar tissue, wayward stitch, etc. In bariatric pts it is usually dilated. If it is caused by a stitch then that is trimmed.
Banded Oct 2008: 290
RNY Feb 2012: 245
Dr's set goal: 170 reached Oct 11, 2012
My goal: 160 reached Dec 1, 2012
Today : 145-150
I am half the person I was in 2008.
They give you the same medicine as they did when you had your EGD prior to surgery. It's not complete sedation but it's enough that you don't feel anything and you aren't aware of what's going on. Then they insert a tool down your throat and through your stoma that has a balloon they inflate in the opening to enlarge the stricture. They have to be careful not to enlarge it to much at one procedure so that they don't have a perforation.
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