Hernia repair with gastric sleeve?

[4me4them 381]

Hey Ho! Anyone have a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time as the gastric sleeve surgery? Does it make recovery longer/hospital stay longer? I have a "medium" hernia the surgeon found during the endoscopy.

[bobbyswife 862]

My surgeon said he will always repair a hernia if he finds one, but it doesn't increase the hospital stay in most cases.

[LaceGirl 21]

I had a hernia repaired when my sleeve was done. I had some chest pain for about a week following surgery because of the hernia that they said was not unusual, but aside from that my recovery has gone really well, I'm 3 months out. I was in the hospital just one night and then home and doing well ever since. No worries!

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I had a hernia repair during surgery and he said I would be more sore than just having the sleeve but I only stayed one night in the hospital and was off of pain meds within 5 days. I don't have anything to compare it to but I felt my recovery was average.

And, I haven't had reflux or one bit of heartburn since surgery. Freedom!

[FrankyG 1,450]

I have a sliding hiatal hernia and the doc said it would be repaired during the surgery as well. I think the main reason they look for it is because it would be covered by insurance and that would cover some of the cost of the total bariatric surgery (especially good if you're self pay).

He didn't say that it would add any time at all to the hospital stay or healing time, so I think it's just expected to be pretty much a part of the overall surgery.

[JCP 619]

I had it done. Didn't know I had one. Suffered no ill effects at all afterward.

[Cathyjo 18]

Hey Ho! Anyone have a hiatal hernia repaired at the same time as the gastric sleeve surgery? Does it make recovery longer/hospital stay longer? I have a "medium" hernia the surgeon found during the endoscopy.

I had both done at the same time. I had some pain in the upper part of my chest when I swallowed but nothing that lasted. Having the 2 surgeries together did not delay my recovery.