Ellie_May

I too had my surgery in a top-rated hospital and my surgeons are also trauma surgeons. I was fortunate that the tear was caught right away. I don’t know if it was the anesthesiologist or CRNA that placed the tubes and bougie, but I was told the intubation wasn’t difficult. Seems like a careless mistake on someone’s part.

I had my sleeve surgery on 5/15/18. The surgery reportedly went well. When my surgeon took a final look down my throat, he saw blood. ENT was called in, and confirmed a tear in my esophagus. I was kept NPO and had a CT of my throat the next morning. It was confirmed that the tear was actually a perforation. Neither the surgeon nor the anesthesiologist knew when the perforation happened. I received IV antibiotics and could have nothing by mouth for 4 days, until a swallow study confirmed that the tear had closed. Apparently this is a very rare complication. Just wondered if anyone else has had this happen.