Twisted Stomach?

[SoonToBeThinKAT 67]

My surgeon wants to do an endoscopy to see if I have a twisted stomach. Has anyone had this or knows someone who has? How is it corrected?

[traceyc 89]

Someone posted on here recently they had a twisted stomach and her doctor wanted to fix with bypass surgery. I think they bypass the twisted part of the stomach. Here is the post:

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/54166-help-i-have-to-be-converted-to-a-full-bypass/

There may be some helpful information on there. Not sure if this is the correction for all twisted stomachs.

[SoonToBeThinKAT 67]

Thank I appreciate the link! I'm hoping that is not my issue I guess I will find out soon enough

[SophieJaneB 92]

Never heard of it, what are your symptoms?

[RickM 1,747]

Before subjecting myself to a bypass, if that is the recommended fix, I would consult with a surgeon who is more experienced with the sleeve and duodenal switch (DS simply by virtue that it has been done for a long time and uses the sleeve as its basis, so any surgeon who has been doing DSs for a while has also been doing sleeves for that time.) There are a lot of surgeons around who are comfortable with the bypass and just getting into the sleeve, so if they have any problems with the sleeve, their first instinct is to return to their comfort zone and do a bypass rather than fixing the sleeve as a more experienced sleeve surgeon would do. So, when one gets into complications such as this may be, it is doubly important to get second opinions to see what your options really are.

http://www.dsfacts.c...h-surgeons.html

The above is a list of well qualified DS surgeons around the world that may be handy if you need a second opinion from a doc who knows their way around a sleeve (and a few of them are also well qualified in revising RNYs to DSs, so if they can re-fabricate a sleeve out of an RNY pouch and the old remnant stomach that was set aside, they would likely have no problem un-twisting a sleeve - assuming that the twist didn't cut off the blood supply and kill off the tissue.)

Good luck, complications of any description are never a fun thing,

[SoonToBeThinKAT 67]

The only symptom that I'm really having is food doesn't really want to go down. I'm not having the nausea as I did before but food still doesn't want to go down.

[SoonToBeThinKAT 67]

Before subjecting myself to a bypass' date=' if that is the recommended fix, I would consult with a surgeon who is more experienced with the sleeve and duodenal switch (DS simply by virtue that it has been done for a long time and uses the sleeve as its basis, so any surgeon who has been doing DSs for a while has also been doing sleeves for that time.) There are a lot of surgeons around who are comfortable with the bypass and just getting into the sleeve, so if they have any problems with the sleeve, their first instinct is to return to their comfort zone and do a bypass rather than fixing the sleeve as a more experienced sleeve surgeon would do. So, when one gets into complications such as this may be, it is doubly important to get second opinions to see what your options really are.[/quote']

I trust my surgeon bc he was the first surgeon in the area who started bariatric surgery in this area. He has been doing it for 15 years. Now if getting a full bypass is his suggestion I will definitely ask for other options bc I was against roux en y and he knows that.

[swizzly 901]

I don't know about a twist per se, but my friend had a sort of kink in hers so it was kind of folded up. The treatment was just to wait it out and it did unwind itself again, but it caused pain and eating problems while it lasted. Good luck!!