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

[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.

> 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

[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.

> 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

[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

[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