Question:
what exactly is the difference between being transected or not? I don't understand?

   — Eileen D. (posted on May 11, 2002)

May 11, 2002
hi there to be transected means your new pouch and old section of tummy are stapled off and then cut into 2 separate parts the other way there are just staple lines deviding the 2 if you are transected you rarely will suffer a staple line disruption as scar tissue forms which creates a tighter seal however if you do leak its usually in the very beginning and could be fatal just having staples without transecion there is a hgher incidence of stapleline undoing its not fatal but your food would find its way into the unused portion of your tummy and you would then start absorbing all the food value which would result in weight gain or slow weight loss you would need another surgery to fix it i to my dissapointment discvered after my surgery that i was not transected this worries me a little but i didnt even think to ask i just assumed that the surgery was always done transected but my surgeon is a very good one and he reassured me that so far none of his patients have come undone hope this helps ya :)
   — carrie M.