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So I'm 6 days post op everything is ok but I wondering why I have six incisions instead of the usual five. Prolly should have asked my surgeon...it never occurred to me. Anyone else has six incisions and know why?

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They might have had to put in another tool to hold something out of the way. Id ask the doc to be sure.

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They might have had to put in another tool to hold something out of the way. Id ask the doc to be sure.

Yeah that's prolly best. Thnx ^_^

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Did you have your gallbladder out or a hernia fixed?

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I only had 4. Depends in how much "stuff" they have to hold up to get to the stomach

Lols prolly so.

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Did you have your gallbladder out or a hernia fixed?

No. No other medical complications.

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Maybe it is easier to bill for an even half dozen??? LOL Just kidding!

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I had a hiatal hernia fixed which added an incision. I wouldn't have even known that he had fixed it if it hadn't showed up on my swallow test- it wasn't ever mentioned by my doctor. Apparently it's a fairly common thing that they fix but it often adds an extra incision.

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I had six as well...but they are very small and it didn't bother me

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Oh goody... I'll be getting the 1/2 dozen then! What's one extra, really...

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I had 6 insicions as well 1 for the drain and the rest were from the surgery

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I also had six. I don't think it was because of having my enormous gall bladder removed, though. I think it may have been because I had robotically-assisted surgery.

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I had six bandages, but only five incisions, left me wondering for a while, just glad to have my 5

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