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You should return to your surgeon for follow-up. I often prescribe sublingual levsin for these symptoms and it works quite well.

I'm on week 3 post op and I have chest tightness after every solid meal and can't keep it down. Any suggestions?

Safest option is to do this in 2 steps: 1) remove the band first, and 2) return to surgery 3 or more months later to convert to sleeve.

Can lap band be switched to sleeve?

It is removed the same way it was put in via the endoscope down the esophagus into the stomach. From there the balloon is deflated and pulled out.

How is the intragastric balloon removed?

You will be able to eat normally. If the balloon was associated with nausea, then it should go away. You should continue the diet started while the balloon was in place to continue weight loss or maintain it.

What should be expected after having the intragastric balloon removed?

Those two medications will not prevent you from having surgery. They are commonly used these days and their doses will not need to be altered after surgery.

I want to ask you if I am on medications, can I still have gastric bypass surgery? (Photo)

If you have significant acid reflux from your stomach into your esophagus, then conversion to gastric bypass + hiatal hernia repair will be helpful. The key to a good hiatal hernia repair in mobilizing the lower esophagus so that it sits comfortably in the abdomen without tension. Re-inforcing the diaphragm repair with mesh is also be something I would add.

Hiatal hernia repair or revision to a gastric bypass along with hernia repair?

If you have surgery in Mexico, it is unlikely you will get assistance from your local bariatric surgeon. The best choice for patients is to seek care from a surgeon in the US who is close to home.<br><br>

Will having surgery in Mexico compromise my relationships with my US doctors?

Both sleeve and gastric bypass are effective for diabetes. Gastric bypass has a more powerful impact on diabetes than sleeve however. Diabetes will not have an effect on bleeding during surgery.

Does the Gastric bypass or the sleeve help with diabetes?

Plan on seeing a local bariatric surgeon or a gastroenterologist to get an upper endoscopy. Sounds like you may have a marginal ulcer.

How likely is it to have a stricture 15 years post-op? Open RNY

Having done both, I usually encourage band patients who want a second operation to choose a gastric bypass. I don't find band to sleeve patients lose weight as well as band to bypass. Also the complication rate of band to sleeve is notably higher because of the scarring around the stomach where the band is sitting.

Need a revision. Should it be sleeve or roux en y? (Photo)

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