Question:
What is the difference between cutting the stomach and not

My girlfriends surgeon doesn't cut the stomach apart and mine did. Hers puts 4 lines of staples but leaves the stomach uncut. I was wondering what is the diffence....or is there any difference? Sharon    — Sharon F. (posted on July 9, 2001)

July 8, 2001
Most of the time when people require revisions one of the main reasons for this is staple line disruptions. Which means your staples come apart and starts allowing you to use the old stomach which makes you be able to gain the weight back. But when your surgeon transects the the stomach from the other part generally you don't have that worry.
   — [Anonymous]

July 9, 2001
Most surgeons are switching to the divided procedure due to the high incidence of staple line failure ....Failure because of the breakdown of staple lines can reverse the procedure causing weight to be regained. Cutting the pouch completely away from the rest of the stomach and interposing small intestine (jejunum) between the cut edges minimizes the chance of the stomach growing back together and reversing the bypass.
   — Victoria B.