Post-op question/ positions

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Cheri said:

For us, it was an almost upright/standing position.

I am not understanding how surgery can be done with the patient in a

almost standing position. Could you tell how that is done?

Carol L

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> Sorry, wish I could, but I was asleep. ;-) Seriously though, I

> didn't know it until after my sister had her surgery 3 weeks later.

> Her feet were completely numb at first that she couldn't stand on

her

> own. The nurses had to help her into a wheel chair just to get to

> the bathroom. That's when they told them that the surgery was done

> with us almost standing up. For anymore info. that that, you'd have

> to call Lifeshape & ask them...sorry.

I reckon to guess that the operating table is put in an almost upright

position. Your body was strapped down in it. I experienced this kind

of positioning in my post-op leak test. I had to scoot unto the table

from my gurney and then they lifted the table upwards mechanically. I

was almost in an upright position.

I am not sure what position I was in during surgery, but I saw that

the table split at the bottom. I think I may have been lying down (or

slightly elevated) with my legs split apart so the surgeon could work

from the bottom. I didn't experience any numbing sensations, etc. and

I'm not sure if this is due to different positioning or not.

all the best,

laparoscopic BPD/DS with gallbladder removal

Dr. Gagner/Dr. Quinn assisting/Mt. Sinai/NYC

January 25, 2001

86 days post-op and still feelin'

[Guest guest]

> Sorry, wish I could, but I was asleep. ;-) Seriously though, I

> didn't know it until after my sister had her surgery 3 weeks later.

> Her feet were completely numb at first that she couldn't stand on

her

> own. The nurses had to help her into a wheel chair just to get to

> the bathroom. That's when they told them that the surgery was done

> with us almost standing up. For anymore info. that that, you'd have

> to call Lifeshape & ask them...sorry.

I reckon to guess that the operating table is put in an almost upright

position. Your body was strapped down in it. I experienced this kind

of positioning in my post-op leak test. I had to scoot unto the table

from my gurney and then they lifted the table upwards mechanically. I

was almost in an upright position.

I am not sure what position I was in during surgery, but I saw that

the table split at the bottom. I think I may have been lying down (or

slightly elevated) with my legs split apart so the surgeon could work

from the bottom. I didn't experience any numbing sensations, etc. and

I'm not sure if this is due to different positioning or not.

all the best,

laparoscopic BPD/DS with gallbladder removal

Dr. Gagner/Dr. Quinn assisting/Mt. Sinai/NYC

January 25, 2001

86 days post-op and still feelin'

[Guest guest]

> Sorry, wish I could, but I was asleep. ;-) Seriously though, I

> didn't know it until after my sister had her surgery 3 weeks later.

> Her feet were completely numb at first that she couldn't stand on

her

> own. The nurses had to help her into a wheel chair just to get to

> the bathroom. That's when they told them that the surgery was done

> with us almost standing up. For anymore info. that that, you'd have

> to call Lifeshape & ask them...sorry.

I reckon to guess that the operating table is put in an almost upright

position. Your body was strapped down in it. I experienced this kind

of positioning in my post-op leak test. I had to scoot unto the table

from my gurney and then they lifted the table upwards mechanically. I

was almost in an upright position.

I am not sure what position I was in during surgery, but I saw that

the table split at the bottom. I think I may have been lying down (or

slightly elevated) with my legs split apart so the surgeon could work

from the bottom. I didn't experience any numbing sensations, etc. and

I'm not sure if this is due to different positioning or not.

all the best,

laparoscopic BPD/DS with gallbladder removal

Dr. Gagner/Dr. Quinn assisting/Mt. Sinai/NYC

January 25, 2001

86 days post-op and still feelin'

[Guest guest]

Carol, from what I understand from Dr. Hess's paper on the surgery,

he states that the patients are put into a reverse trendelenberg

postion(meaning head higher than feet) after measurements are taken.

This makes sense, gravity, meaning internal organs would shift lower

to make access easier. Hope this helps. BTW, you can access his

report from the duodenal switch homepage.

> Cheri said:

> For us, it was an almost upright/standing position.

>

> I am not understanding how surgery can be done with the patient in a

> almost standing position. Could you tell how that is done?

> Carol L