GERD and Banding

[BooCakes 0]

I was wondering, do people with GERD still do the gastric banding and have it resolved, or is it more people get the band and develop GERD?

If you had GERD before the band, I'd love to hear your experience and if it got worse or improved, as well as if you developed it after.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

I was wondering, do people with GERD still do the gastric banding and have it resolved, or is it more people get the band and develop GERD?

If you had GERD before the band, I'd love to hear your experience and if it got worse or improved, as well as if you developed it after.

Depends on a few factors. The cause of your GERD for one. If it is due to a hiatal hernia that can be fixed when they do your band. If it is not due to a hiatal hernia sometimes it resolves for about a year but then new studies are showing a very high percentage of banded folks a year or two out where the band caused it due to positioning.

Most people that have been banded for a year or two that I personally know (20?) have major reflux where they didn't have it before. The boards pretty much support the same, lots of people having their bands removed because of severe reflux.

If someone has severe reflux/GERD and they cannot get it under control bypass is the ideal WLS. :biggrin:/