Sleeve and Nissen to RNY

[Lisa Roberts 0]

Hello, I joined today in hopes of finding others who are long term vsgers who had horrible gerd after surgery. I had my surgery in 2007 and by 2015, my gerd was so unbearable that I had something similar to a nissen fundo with mesh. That surgery has failed and my doctor is now suggesting a revision to rny. I am concerned about the risk and possible complications. Has anyone here had a sleeve to rny revision after nissen fundo-type surgery? I searched the forums and couldn't find anything specific to this order of surgeries. Thank you for any information you can offer. Lisa

[Mhy12784 423]

Sleeve to RNY is very common.

Sleeve to Nissen to RNY, doesn't make any sense. As far as I'm aware you can't do a Nissen after a Sleeve.

The risks from a sleeve to bypass are minimal. But I doubt anybody knows exactly what this second surgery consisted of

[MarinaGirl 609]

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. Unfortunately, GERD issues after VSG are not uncommon. Moving forward, you should do a lot of research to find a highly experienced bariatric surgeon who is capable of performing a revision as many WLS surgeons are not skilled in this area.

[Nowheregirl 8]

I had my sleeve 2 years ago and the GERD is HORRIBLE! I’m currently on 3 meds to control it, but am not having any luck. I am having an RNY in January to hopefully resolve things!

[Mhy12784 423]

1 minute ago, Nowheregirl said:

I had my sleeve 2 years ago and the GERD is HORRIBLE! I’m currently on 3 meds to control it, but am not having any luck. I am having an RNY in January to hopefully resolve things!

Curious how soon after did it start?

[Sosewsue61 3,185]

There were some entries on ObesityHelp regarding NF and revisions to RNY from 2012, but it seemed rare to have a sleeve the NF, then RNY and not many experienced surgeons do it at all? Good luck.