How long is the procedure?

[Wendydarling19 310]

I had the lapband placed in 2014 and it was about a 45 minute procedure.

I had it removed 6/23 and it was a 20 minute procedure. I am assuming the sleeve won't be nearly as short as those two because it is more radical. Does anyone know how long their procedure took?

[Waler 330]

not sure I slept through it! but seriously mine took like 2 hours at least as far as I could tell.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

There's I think about 30+ pages of people answering this question here:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/326557-how-long-is-the-gastric-sleeve-surgery/

My answer: my surgery was about 90 minutes but it also included a hernia repair and was done by a surgeon who is known to be, let's say, meticulous and methodical in his work rather than running a chop shop in the OR

[SusanB55 89]

Mine was over 2 hours long. I was a band-to-sleeve revision plus hiatal hernia repair.

[NYSuperDuck 77]

Mine took about 45 mins

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[Sophie74656 1,572]

Call your surgeon and ask

[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

It takes about 45 minutes, most of it is setup and closure, the operation itself is very fast.

Search on youtube for videos.

[Steph6981 51]

Mine was 3 hours long. I went in to OR at 11am and was in my hospital room at 4pm. I was in recovery for an hour. The reason mine took so long was because he also had to remove alot of scar tissue from when I had surgery when I was a newborn, back in 1981 I had a feeding tube so he said that added an hour onto the procedure. Anyways, you will be in good hands. Good luck to you!