How are the internal staples removed?

[Jaime_Boston 44]

I'm 5 days post op and staples come out on April 1. How are the internal ones removed? I can't imagine another incision??

[jdillon 355]

They're not removed.

[Jaime_Boston 44]

They're not removed.

How is that? Are they dissolvable?

[Losing in PA 26]

No they do not dissolve there are 3 rows of very little ones on both inside and out of the stomach.

[Jaime_Boston 44]

No they do not dissolve there are 3 rows of very little ones on both inside and out of the stomach.

So they are permanently there??

[jdillon 355]

Yeah scar tissue eventually forms over them.

[Jaime_Boston 44]

Yeah scar tissue eventually forms over them.

Hmm... Very interesting.

[Ree 215]

Your surgeon didn't explain this to you prior to surgery?

I was a little freaked out by it too when I first heard that the little staples don't come out. Watch this video, it talks more about it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRWaAlaJF8

[Bob2013 326]

The staples are titanium. Completely hypoallergenic. As someone said, scar tissue will form around them and they will be yours forever.

[Jaime_Boston 44]

Your surgeon didn't explain this to you prior to surgery? I was a little freaked out by it too when I first heard that the little staples don't come out. Watch this video, it talks more about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MRWaAlaJF8

Thanks for the info. He may have explained this but it was a lot of info at once. :-)

[capecoralgrandma 44]

Like the others have explained, the 3 rows of staples are what is holding your sleeve together. My surgeon even showed me pictures of what it would look like after surgery. Nothing to worry about...my daughter has 8 titanium screws in her collar bone and even went through security at an airport with no problem.