Stitches, staples etc?

[Brandy~ 2]

I have done so much research regarding all the life changes and such that I will have to make that I never stopped to think too much about the surgery. I should be getting near the end of this pre op adventure soon! Hooray!

Now my question is:

I understand I will probably have 4 incisions that are smaller and one larger one for a total of 5.

Did your doctor use stitches or staples or something else? I wont see my doc again until I get preauth from insurance so I was hoping to see what the doctors are using so I know when I go in to meet with him.

[VegasGrace 1]

Mine was stitches.

We'll keep our fingers crossed for you. Let us know how the insurance thing goes!

[thin2bme 2]

I'm being banded tomorrow and he said he will use staples.

[snowbird 2]

Mine used surgical glue, which was good as it minimized discomfort and scarring. However, I had a brief (48 hour) reaction to it and thought I had developed an infection (heat and redness) around the port incision, but it disappeared quickly.

[Brandy~ 2]

wow wide array just as I figured. I might be too impatient to wait to find out and might have to call and ask lol

Thanks everyone :shades_smile:

[Shalee04 7]

I had surgical glue and steri strips. To look at my tummy you only see 3 very tiny incisions, and one a larger, maybe 1 1/2 inches. The last one is hidden in my belly button.. :-)

[Daisalana 33]

My doc said staples at our first meeting, but I voiced opposition that I'd have to go all the way back down there (3 hour each way) to have them removed.

He said depends on how big I am or something, so he said if he doesn't have to use staples, he won't.. I came out with surgical glue & steristrips.. dissolvable stitches on the inside. One did not hold up well, and has turned into an outside scar (bulges a little), but it's tiny.

[TulipStar 2]

surgical glue and steri-strips on the skin.

In the inside (to stitch band and port) he used dissolvable stitches at first then when I had revision surgery he used real stitches to re-attach my port.

Good luck!

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I got sutures that you can't see and they dissolve on their own. Makes for a much better scar, no railroad tracks.

[mattintosh 0]

I was banded so long ago they had not invented stitches yet JK.

I had disolving stitches they just sorta fell out.

[nymoosic 0]

First let me tell you when I had my gall bladder removed three years ago they used dissolvable stitches and tape. OMG, it hurt like hell! Every time I moved my skin pulled. I think it was worse than the actual incision. For lapband they used surgical glue. What a difference! No pulling and very little pain.