Embricated Bands?

podna · 06-03-2007, 07:47 PM

How many of you out there had your band embricated when placed? I'm referring to the technique of overlapping a piece of stomach and securing it with sutures to help hold the band in place to reduce slippage and erosion.

cyndilou29 · 06-03-2007, 07:55 PM

I thought pretty much all of them do that, am I wrong?

podna · 06-03-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by cyndilou29

I thought pretty much all of them do that, am I wrong?

I dunno. In all of my pre-op reading my surgeon cautioned me that when looking at slippage and erosion complication rates in some earlier studies to consider (among some other things) that this is a newer technique that may not have been employed in some earlier studies.

I'm just curious....

argon · 06-03-2007, 08:17 PM

I think it's pretty common practice nowadays. I know mine was done like that.

jvalve · 06-03-2007, 08:41 PM

from what i understand that is the new standard. it prevents slippage, whuich used to be a rare complication.

Chickie · 06-03-2007, 08:49 PM

It is standard now. It's called the Pars Flacida. Any surgeon who places using the Peri Gastric technique is begging for a slip.

Stacy429 · 06-08-2007, 08:31 PM

I was told before surgery that the slippage rate had gone down do to the new sutures they where useing. I guess this is the same thing you are talking about. Anyway i know they did it to me.
Stacy