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[greth 0]

Hiya,

i had gastric sleeve surgery with Dr Ariel Ortiz in Tijuana, Mexico in 2010. All is well. Never had any issues. Now 8 years later I need an MRI because they found a growth on my liver. Is an MRI safe after VSG? Obviously I did google it and it says it is but just want to make sure they also use non-metallic staples in Mexico. Thanks for your help.

[Lyngolean 81]

I can't imagine any medical professional using anything but titanium for a body part. I would expect anything less inert would corrode with all the stomach acid. Aluminum would be too soft I would think. Here's what I found online: "

Staples are usually made of Titanium. Human body does not respond to this metal, that's why most of the prosthetic organs are also from this metal.

They do not disolve, also they don't set off metal detectors and are ok to go through MRI. Therefore very safe.

The body heals over them after 4-6 weeks...

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[Matt Z 4,140]

Alert the MRI staff to the surgery, and that's really it. There shouldn't be any issues at all, if the surgery was performed with the proper medical grade components, you'll have no issues.