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txntiger · July 20, 2007

hi all ... i just got banded july 18th and i had assumed i was only going to have about 4 or 5 incisions and i woke up with 7. i havent gotten a hold of my doctor yet because my throat is real torn up from the air tube but if any of you could help explain this to me id reallyyyyyyy appreciate it!

kathyk941 · July 21, 2007

Hey txntiger, I don't have any answers yet. My surgeon said I'd have 3 incisions and I woke up with 5. I see him next week and plan to ask him what happened. Kathy

faithmd · July 21, 2007

Sometimes when they get in there they can't access a certain area from the location they made the initial incisions from.

I can't imagine having only three. That wouldn't make sense given the tools needed to band someone. The Pars Flaccida approach is the most accepted on these days and it utilizes five incisions. Maybe a surgeon could get away with four, but I think that would be the minimum.

Here's a link to an article describing the technique, it's quite interesting and has photos:

http://thinforlife.med.nyu.edu/assets/REN%202.pdf?RCD=J53039&NAME=Christine_J._Ren

Big As Life · July 21, 2007

I had six....one of them I thought was two incisions, it was one big one....maybe they had to make more to do more moving around in there...I wouldn't be concerned...as long as the banding went okay, I wouldn't worry....

txntiger · July 21, 2007

well thank yall for the comment i was just kinda worried because i kept doing research on it to see if it was normal and one of my incisions is down in my belly button and i never read anything at all about them going thru or around the belly button for the band... someone had mentioned maybe he took my gall bladder out too but i kinda would hope he would tell me before he did that= / i dunno i guess we'll see but ty all for the help.