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My surgeon used surgi strips, but in see a lot of people on here talking about staples. How did your surgeon close your incisions?

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My surgeon used surgical tape and glue.

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Stitches on the inside, glue on the outside.

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Glued and strips

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Quicksand and spit

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Internal stitches that dissolved where the 5 incisions were with glue over a few of them. There are staples of course on the stomach itself (titanium). Also, on the biggest incision where my stomach came out (still kind of creeps me out to say that, lol), my surgeon uses one big stich with a few runner stitches after it. They are internal. This is where the muscle wall is cut. You don't have to have these stitches but my surgeon likes to use them. The PA said they would come out one at a time and at about 6 weeks I will be able to feel the biggest one pop (glad she warned me). I can feel/see a dimple from the stitch by that incision. Someone on another thread mentioned a dimple and wondered if it was normal but I can't find the thread now. Anyhow, if your surgeon uses internal stitches here, the dimple is normal. That's how the PA knew that the stitch hadn't popped on me yet when she examined me.

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I think the glue is called dermabond.

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I go glued together, staples on the inside and then the entry wounds were glued shut. no problems so far. I am in love with my sleeve.

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I had 2 stitches where my stomach came out and steristrips over my other 5 sights. Nurse took them off at my 1st post op appt. and took out my 2 stitches....I can feel stitches under the skin on the smaller incisions..kind of creepy feeling.

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My incisions where also just glued together. No tape. Looks like the glue is going to last about 2 weeks

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Wing and a prayer. :-)

Glue and internal stitches.

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My. Surgeon chose not to use dermabond because of my adhesive allergy. I did have internal sutures, that were supposed to dissolve but did not. At about week 3 my incisions looked infected and started draining a scant amount of purulent drainage. After a week, the sutures pushed out of my nearly healed incisions.

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internal stitches and glue outside.

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I had staples and stitches. They took them out at my first post op visit.

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I had only one incision at it was in my belly button. My surgeon used glue to hold the incision together and I didn't have a drain.

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