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Doctors are only human and they are all different.

I have followed people who had VSG with 6 incisions (I had 5), post op drainage tubes ( I didn't have one), staples to close their incisions (I had sutures that dissolved), oversewn staple lines (mine wasn't) and pain med pumps on their IV's (I didn't have or need one).

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Dr. Illan oversews.

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I asked Dr. Elariny about this. He says he only oversews if it looks like a portion of the staple line might need it (i.e. some issue with staple line being imperfect)

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Dr. Garth Davis in Houston does not over sews he feel it causes more leaks. I did not have a drain either!

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My surgeon oversews. He's a 'belts and suspenders' type of guy. He's a MA surgeon. My husband (RN) works in the OR at a different hospital and the bariatric surgeons oversew there as well. I had no problems post-op at all.

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According to his website, Dr Guillermo Alvarez also oversews.

yup. I can ask my friend who had hers done in the US, not sure if US doctors oversew.

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I am aware that it would make your situation easier to have the band and sleeve in one surgery however it is my understanding that this seriously increases the complication of a leak. I would be very reluctant to have an all in one procedure.

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