What have your surgeons done in addition to your staples

[tany1157 6]

I'm curious how other's surgeons have reinforced their staple line. Mine does a polyurethane coating over it. I'm having my surgery at a Center for Excellence,and feel very confident with my surgeon. Their complication and success rate are better than the national average. I've tried to look up what he uses, but can't really find anything. He also says he uses a

1-1 1/2 cm sized bougie. I would love all the input I can get!

Thank you!

[lauraellen80 855]

My surgeon oversews the staple line. I think he's only had one leak out of thousands of surgeries.

[Sharon1964 2,530]

Here's an article mentioning the material they use: http://www.bariatricnews.net/?q=news/111562/study-supports-staple-line-reinforcement-lsg

Bougies are sized in "french", like 32 french or 34 french. A unit of 1 french is 1/3 of a millimeter. A 32 fr is a little over 10 1/2 mm, or a little over 1 centimeter.