staples after sleeve

[Betty Evans 4]

Should you be ableto see the staples onaxray after surgery?Ok

[AngelaWilliamsMD 290]

Yes

[Betty Evans 4]

I cannot see mine.I am so scared the doctor didn't use them. He swears he did his surgical report says he did. He says they are tucked inside and then stitched.

[Betty Evans 4]

I cannot see mine. I am scared. The doctor swears he used them, and then tucked them inside and stitched the sleeve. It was not a doctor on this site! What should Ido?

[AngelaWilliamsMD 290]

Are you having some sort of trouble with your sleeve? Why don't you trust your doctor?

[imsoglad56 402]

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

[Betty Evans 4]

My husband has me all freaked out. He had surgery 10 months ago in the US, but I had to go to Mexico. So he is nit picking everything

[AngelaWilliamsMD 290]

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

[AngelaWilliamsMD 290]

My husband has me all freaked out. He had surgery 10 months ago in the US, but I had to go to Mexico. So he is nit picking everything

I'm not sure how to assuage your fears, but what's done is done. Just because your surgeon is in Mexico doesn't mean that they are incompetent. Perhaps you can follow up with your husband's provider in the future.

[imsoglad56 402]

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

[AngelaWilliamsMD 290]

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

The original post simply asked if one could see staples on an X-ray post-operatively...and the answer remains YES.

Edited September 12, 2015 by AngelaWilliamsMD

[imsoglad56 402]

I just looked at a bunch of post-surgery x-rays online and I couldn't see the staples in any of them.

A simple Google search of "surgical staples" and "X-ray" shows several examples.

I'm aware of that. I was simply pointing out that in looking at quite a few post-sleeve surgery x-rays, I didn't see staples in any of them, so it's not that unusual that she can't see any in hers.

The original post simply asked if one could see staples on an X-ray post-operatively...and the answer remains YES.

Lol, whatever. *eyeroll*