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Staples - Long Term

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cpeycke    16

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Anyone have any info on what happens to the staples long term after surgery? Just curious if they are know to cause problem later, or if they stretch and break? I don't know any info on how the body deals with them not only right after the surgery but years later. Is there less or more likely "leaking" over time ect?

Thanks!!!

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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They are Titanium and will stay in your body forever..This will not be an issue as your stomach heals around them..They are light and totally okay with your bodies makeup....Same thing planes are made of..lol...So we can fly too.....And we are in a sense....upward and forward in our new lives.... :)

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mokee    588

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Your video did not play for me!

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cpeycke    16

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That was an awesome informational video! Thank you.

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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Wow that was great...had no idea they fired the stapler up...lol.......

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kwigillingok    177

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That was a really cool video!

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J.Diesel    220

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Very informative video regarding the stables. This was one item i researched heavily before getting sleeved.

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MCM13    87

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Glad to see they use the exact same products we use at the hospitals I've worked in.

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nettenette 1    14

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Hello FYI :) everyone just in case you feel the need to take something like Hydroxy cut because of the caffeine it may eat a hole in your stomach. Be bless

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gomekast    559

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Hello FYI :) everyone just in case you feel the need to take something like Hydroxy cut because of the caffeine it may eat a hole in your stomach. Be bless

What does this have to do with staples?? Am I missing something?

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SuperFab    689

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Awesome video!

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endless80    697

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Educated people who overuse the word 'actually' in presentations really bother me. Informative video though. Interesting to know what's inside of me.

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cathycnyrs    85

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Too cool! Thanks for sharing!

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potpieiii    19

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It's interesting you bring this up now. I just had a conversation with my grandpa yesterday and this came up. He had a version of this same surgery but in 1971 and for totally different reasons. (Back then, they did this surgery as a treatment for extremely bad ulcers. And of course it wasn't laparoscopic either.) But he had the same titanium staples ever since then, and never a single problem. He just recently had an issue where he had to have images taken of his stomach, and his doctor today told him the staples look just as good now as they would if this was a recent surgery.

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