Guest guest Posted October 20, 2001 Report Share Posted October 20, 2001 Hi Carole! Yes, the stomach staples stay IN...forever...like your own permanent titanium collection. Worth a lot of money, from what I hear. They won't set off airport metal detectors...I asked. hehe I'm still pre-op, but I've had two previous surgeries. One was " open " and I did have a few staples in addition to dissolving stitches. The incisions were a cumulative 16-18 inches long and I think I had six or eight staples. I think they (the staples) were removed on day 4 or 5. I guess it all depends on how you're sewn up. I've seen long incisions done with all staples, or a combination of staples+stitching or stitching+tape. It might also have something to do with how much skin may be pulling on the incision afterwards?? In my case, the staples came out long before the stitches dissolved, so there was still something there " holding me in " so-to-speak. My other surgery was lap and I had no staples or stitches at all, just four little holes and some tape. I was able to peel it off on the day after surgery (actually, it peeled itself off). The gooey residue stayed on for days, though. -maria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2001 Report Share Posted October 20, 2001 > I have a question. I know most people stay in the hospital a > certain number of days and then stick around close to the > surgeon after getting out of the hospital to go back to the > surgeon to have the staples removed and for a quick check > on how they are doing. Where exactly are the staples removed > from? And if they are removed, what holds together the parts > that were stapled after the staples are removed?? > I know the stomach is stapled, but I take it those staples > STAY in, right? > I know, dumb question. But I want to know! :-) Carole Not a dumb question -- I've seen this one a lot actually. The reason that the staples on your incision, and the staples in the partial gastrectomy, stay in, is that the " raw " tissues that the staples held together are healing together to form scar tissue which is very strong. Once the healed together tissue is developed, the staples at that point are redundant -- there's no way a healed staple line of this type will disrupt. On the other hand, the " stomach stapling " of the old days basically just stapled across the intact stomach, so while there may have been some resulting damage to the " squished " stomach, there really weren't raw tissues that scarred together as in the previously discussed procedures. It's sort of like a ziplock bag that sticks together, but with the right outside forces can come apart -- that's why staple line disruption in untransected RNYs and VBGs are, while not common, are certainly not rare occurrences. You won't see a staple line disruption on your incision nor on your DS stomach once the healing/scarring together has taken place. Hope this helps. M. --- in Valrico, FL, age 39 Lap DGB/DS by Dr. Rabkin 10/19/99 Starting weight 299, now 155 Starting BMI 49.7, now 25.8 Starting size 26/28, now 10/12 http://www.duodenalswitch.com/Patients/_M_/melanie_m_.html Direct replies: mailto:melanie@... _________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Carole- Yes the stples stay in. Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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