Questions for surgeon?

[Kabby_Chick 17]

My final pre-surgery appt with my surgeon is coming up and I'm making my list of questions to ask, but I'm sure I'm not thinking of something. What questions did you ask your surgeon?

[sunflowerchild 146]

If you do a search for "questions for surgeon" among the forums you will find many answers to your request as this question has been asked before. Hope this helps.

[Elode 8,093]

@@Kabby_Chick I asked different last mine things like, will I have a private room, what pain control meds will I be given in the hospital and for discharge, I want a PPI prescribed for acid control(ok more of a told him), what size bougie do they use to make my stomach, how long is surgery,...that's about it because I knew the rest.

[mrs kaje 347]

I particularly want to know:

. Will he look for hernia and at gallbladder, and if so, will he repair or remove if required?

. Will he stitch as well as staple?

. I definitely want him to fit the support band to avoid stretching.

. Will he check for leaks during surgery, and how?

. What rate of patients later convert to bypass, and what are the main reasons?

. What rate of lap procedures are converted to open, and what are the main causes?

. Do I need to do a barium swallow after surgery?

. If stitches are used on the incisions, are they dissolving.

. Will I have a catheter, and will it be placed and removed while I'm under sedation?

There are other smaller things but those are the important ones to me.

Edited January 7, 2015 by mrs kaje

[laurenella82 625]

@Elode. What's a PPI and, because apparently I missed this in all my research, whats a bougie