tell me about slippage

[aligirrl77 0]

so what are the percentages of slippages? how do they occur? is there anything that can be done to prevent them?

im new to the banding world and although i knew before i had the band about things like this happening it didnt become a reality to me until i actually got banded and now am wondering how to keep myself healthy and everything intact!

[MerryHearted 20]

Slippage is ~2%. And yes, there are a couple things you can do to help avoid slippage. Here are the things I was told:

• Compliance right after banding -- don't eat solids too soon. This allows your band to heal in place
  
• Avoid excessive PBing & vomiting -- i.e. don't get too tight; follow the rules to chew chew chew, avoid foods that get stuck
  
• Avoid lots of carbonation as it may stretch the pouch, causing slippage
  
• Avoid "pouch packing" as it also may stretch the pouch, causing slippage

Surgeons now flip a bit of the stomach over the band and stitch it to the stomach below the band to help keep the band in place; that has lowered the rate of slippage compared to the early years of banding.

There's probably other things, but those are the ones that come to mind...