Twisted/flip-flopped sleeves

[ctsleeve 20]

I've read several posts now about people whose sleeves flipped and/or twisted after surgery. This is a complication I haven't heard of, and I'm completely scared to death of it. It sounds like a total nightmare.

For those who've experienced or know anything about this, how does it happen?

For how long after surgery is this a possibility?

How do you know it has happened? And how do doctors fix it?

[Alyjourneys 117]

Never heard of this. Not even in the orientation or Pre op class I was required to take. They talked about leaks but not this. It must not be really common on a sleeve. Now on a by pass I've heard of the instetin getting twisted.

[donewithdieting 44]

I was going to write what ali above wrote. The stomach part that remains after a sleeve is attached to our insides and doesn't twist. Only bypass pts have twisted bowel and can be life threatening.

[Baristaboy75 1]

Yeah never heard of this one and either. Where did you read these posts? Maybe they meant something else or that it just felt like their sleeve was twisted. I learned really quick while doing my research to not always believe everything you read though. My surgeon set me straight really quick my first appointment so I have found when in doubt I just ask him lol.

[AtlantaRed 651]

You can put "flipped" into the search box for some posts.