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The staples used in endoscopic surgery are permanent, made of a body-safe material, and of millimetric size. With the body's healing process, they are covered with tissue.the stomach does not "grow" from new, there is a misconception about this, the stomach is an organ composed of several muscular layers, the muscle is able to stretch and return to its original size, if the patient post sleeve does not take a proper dietary regimen is possible that this muscle will stretch and lose the ability to return to its size resulting in increased ability to retain food, defeating the purpose of the surgery to decrease the size of the stomach to decrease the capacity of the stomach.
The staples hold the cut edges of your stomach together so healing will occur. Much like sutures/stitches hold the skin together so a laceration will heal. Unlike stitches, these staples are permanent. They do not dissolve nor are they removed. They are very small though. Only a few millimeters in size.
It is never normal to have sever pain as you get farther from your surgical date. We generally like to see all your pain resolved. Post operative bowel movement is crucial to remain regular even if your intake is minimal. Generally constipation is the main cause of pain...
Hello, Thanks for your question! When we decide to do the sleeve gastrectomy you have to know that you will loose weight from all over our body and we don’t decide wich part specifically. for your case, I would like to recommend getting the GS done first. As it can up your chances of getting t...
There is no contraindication to do both procedures in the same surgery. But it would be important that you talk to your gynecologist and express your desire to perform a gastric sleeve and consult about hysterectomy, since the amount of uterus removed will depend greatly on the amount of...
