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The lap band surgery sometimes has complications, when the patient has a intense abdominal pain, we have to check by X rays or endoscopy to diagnose slippage or erosion, if you have a complication maybe you could need a lap band removal. Remember than the lap band removal could be a same day surgery with a quickly recovery.
The pain could be due to complications like Slippage or Erosion of the Band. In that case an Upper GI swallow study and/ or Upper endoscopy is indicated to evaluate it. Removal of the band will resolve the problem. You may also have an unrelated Stomach Ulcer that needs to be evaluated and treated.Regardless, you should also consider removing the Band and Revision to Sleeve.This could help you resolve the problem and help you maintain the weight loss and/ or result in further weight loss.
It’s best to wait until you finish with chemotherapy since it can affect your nutrition and make you nauseous. The steroids are usually not a problem if you are taking an antacid for protection during treatment. If the chemotherapy is going to be given in several cycles over a “lo...
Hello, Im sorry to hear you are struggling with this issue. Shoulder discomfort following an abdominal procedure is common. This is due to irritation of the phrenic nerve which innervates your diaphram. However, it is expected for this pain to resolve withing the first few days following surgery...
There a several reasons why a gastric band port can hurt, lets start with the fact that the port is rigid and the tubing the connects the port to the band although flexible is semi rigid . If the port area hurts, specially related to movement, it is commonly caused by a shifted ...