glue vs sutures

angel95812 · June 18, 2008

Hello Everyone,

This is my second post since joining and I got to say it is amazing how much info is avail with in the lap band community. After getting dates bumped around on me a few times I actually have my surgery set for July 23rd. I know of two other people who have had the lap band process done with in the last couple of weeks by the same Doctor I am using. One of the two had been glued with some type of adhesive and the incision looked a lot better then the person who had her incisions closed with sutures. Can anyone please comment on their experience with the gluing? I am also open to any comments about gluing vs sutures because I would have to say again that the persons incision with the glue looked like it would look better once healed. Please give me your thoughts:confused:

gone 4 ever · June 18, 2008

I was glued. I liked it a lot better than stiches and staples I have had for other surguries. It is also more comfotable for me. Good luck on your journey.

Bandme08 · June 18, 2008

I had 6 incisions- the 5 smaller ones were closed with 1-2 sutures, and the larger incision for the port was closed with glue and steri-strips. The glued incision is much more comfortable, and seems to be healing much better than the others.

Good luck!

NEWME10 · June 18, 2008

Hello all, I had surgery to have a couple cysts removed back in February and they closed those with stitches. I have a large amount of scaring where the incision healed but for the LB surgery They glued me. LB surgery was May 14th and the incision is almost unnoticeable. I small thin line very smooth. All of my incisions were glued I loved it. No pain from the actual incisions. I really didn't get an option but I liked what the surgeon did. Good Luck now that I have recently had both ways I would definitely go with the glue.

SUsie

sjcharly · June 18, 2008

I was glued for my Lapband surgery on May 20th. I much prefer them to stitches which generally need to be removed unless you have the kind that melt away. I also was glued after I had my gall bladder removed in Dec 07. The incisions have healed very well from that surgery as are the incisions from my Lapband surgery.

June 18, 2008

I had the glue for my original surgery. When I had to have a port revision last week he did both. He cut out my old port scar and sewed me back together. He used stitches for that, but then put the glue on top. He said the stitches would eventually disolve.