LAP-BAND Complications... I popped 3 stitches around my port!!?

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LAP-BAND Complications... I popped 3 stitches around my port!!?

Okay so I had lap-band may 11. I went in for my 1st fill monday. I found out some how I managed to pop 3 of the 4 stitches holding my port in place. Now I have to go through a surgery to sew my port back down monday... Has this happened to anyone? What type of anestesia should I do? It is a 20 min surgery. I am not thrilled. Kinda bummed... Any advice or help?

2007-06-13 07:12:36 · 2 answers · asked by Ang3l-Uh 3 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness

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This hasn't happened to me personally, but it is a common complication of the surgery itself. Don't worry about it, and just take local anesthetic if possible or twilight sleep.

2007-06-13 07:17:13 · answer #1 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

May just want to do twilight sleep, general anestesia is very risky.

2007-06-13 14:15:24 · answer #2 · answered by Drew W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋