Initially I was told I would never be able to donate blood if I chose gastric bypass surgery. When I had my revision of the previous surgery I asked my surgeon and he did not see why I would not be able to. It took me almost 50 years to actually start donating blood and I did it quite regularly. What are your thoughts?
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It all depends on what type of revision surgery you are having. Most hernias need to be fixed with mesh and you can't use mesh if any of the gi tract is opened because of the risk of infection. I in general do not recommend revising a gastric pouch because of the very high rate...
Yes there are limitations to how much you can weight prior to bariatric surgery. The larger you are, the higher the risks. We prefer to have patients with a BMI less than 60 prior to surgery. Studies have shown increase risk with BMI greater than 60. Also our malpractice...
I was one of the first surgeons in the country to perform Stomaphyx and it doesn't work. When we rescoped patients it looked like you did nothing a few months later. We no longer perform Stomaphyx. This has been replaced with the ROSE procedure with much better results.
