Guest guest Posted August 20, 2001 Report Share Posted August 20, 2001 In a message dated 8/20/01 11:08:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, duodenalswitch writes: << " I, do it because if you ever have a problem and anyone other than a bariatric surgeon were to operate they might not understand the work that I did " >> Good reasoning here! I know Dr. Hess also removes the gall bladder and I read somewhere that it is because after DS (and maybe wt. loss) there is a chance for more gall bladder problems, so they just get rid of it to prevent those. Dr. Hess also removes the appendix because he wants to know any pain a post-op is feeling is not appendicitis. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2001 Report Share Posted August 20, 2001 In a message dated 8/20/01 11:08:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, duodenalswitch writes: << " I, do it because if you ever have a problem and anyone other than a bariatric surgeon were to operate they might not understand the work that I did " >> Good reasoning here! I know Dr. Hess also removes the gall bladder and I read somewhere that it is because after DS (and maybe wt. loss) there is a chance for more gall bladder problems, so they just get rid of it to prevent those. Dr. Hess also removes the appendix because he wants to know any pain a post-op is feeling is not appendicitis. Carole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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