Any post op patients had gallbladder surgery prior to vsg?

[DreamsOfSkinny 53]

Wondering about scar tissue... Dr. Checked and felt my stomach before but just worried about bleeding out and any issues.

[chantelleyxo 25]

i had my gallbladder removed a while back maybe 3 years ago but he never said anything about mine .

[Katie713 423]

Yes, I had my gallbladder removed 22 years ago in an open surgery, as they didn't do it laparoscopically in 1990, so I have a scar from under my sternum all the way to the bottom of my right side ribcage. I was told pre VSG surgery that I may have to have an open surgery if scar tissue was obstructing my VSG, however it was not the case, my surgeon said no issues presented themselves and my surgery went perfectly without complications is just under 45 minutes.

[doreen70 268]

I had three sections, tubal ligation, and lap chole. My sleeve went fine. Hardest part was my intubation. I'm way anterior, and they used a laryngeal mask intubation. They couldn't use the boughie, because they would risked extubating me.

[TrophyWife 11]

I am having surgery in April 2013 and I had gallbladder surgery about 8 years ago and the incision herniated. I had it repaired about 3 years ago with a large mesh patch. My surgeon took a look at my incision and said that it shouldn't be more than a 15 min. problem. He said surgery would take a little bit longer as they would be planning on encountering scar tissue, but shouldn't be an issue. Hope that helps if it is still relevant.

[chantelleyxo 25]

Whats intubationn

[doreen70 268]

When a tube is inserted into the trachea to maintain an airway.

[Mexico 16]

I had mine removed jan 2012 and vsg oct 2012...no interference or issues. I did see that with some people docs used the same incision sites but this was not thw case for me so I have 3 from gallblader and 4 from vsg.

[chantelleyxo 25]

everyone gets that though ? or ?

[doreen70 268]

Yep, it's general anesthesia. They did mine differently because I'm harder to intubate.

[DreamsOfSkinny 53]

I had mine removed jan 2012 and vsg oct 2012...no interference or issues. I did see that with some people docs used the same incision sites but this was not thw case for me so I have 3 from gallblader and 4 from vsg.

Yes my dr mentioned being able to use 2 of the same incisions... Just makes me nervous about scar tissue and the horror stories

[Mexico 16]

Yes I was a little relieved they didnt use my previous ones even though I have scars all over my belly now haha