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Assuming no complications or hernia issues....thanks!

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With gallbladder removal it was about 1.5 hours. No complications- I believe my VSG only took about 45 minutes. It was the gallbladder that took the extra time.

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My surgeon said around an hour. He does it laparoscopically and with the DaVinci robot. :)

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Mine told me anywhere from 45 mins up to two hours, however mine only took about 45 minutes. It was done laparascopically.

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Mine took about 2 hrs...but I had a hernia repair & a liver biospsy...also had some enlarged blood vessels that he had to take his time around. Better safe than sorry. But normally it should take about an hour!!

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Thanks to all!! My doc said up to two hrs..couldn't imagine it if there was nothing else to do in there. My surg is this Thurs.

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mine took 45 min. I was longer in recovery room ( for 2 hours)

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My doc says 1.5-2 hours. He also does a liver biopsy and uses DaVinci. I'm having my gallbladder removed as well, so I'm assuming I'll be towards the 2 hour mark.

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My doc says 1.5-2 hours. He also does a liver biopsy and uses DaVinci. I'm having my gallbladder removed as well' date=' so I'm assuming I'll be towards the 2 hour mark.[/quote']

I'm so excited about DaVinci!!

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