Lap Band Surgery Side Effects: Stoma Obstruction!

Is stoma obstruction is one of the side effects of Lap Band Surgery?

What are the possible reasons for Stoma obstruction?

What to do if having stoma obstruction After Lap Band Surgery?


After you have went through the lap band surgery, your body will take time to recover and start adjusting to your new life with the lap band which is present inside your body. The Lap band surgery is one of the safest weight loss surgeries available today but this too is not completely free from side effects and sometimes lap band surgery failure could also be caused by many reasons. Wrong Food intake like sweets, oily foods, chips are not suggested after lap band surgery but some patients take these kind of stuffs when they feel hunger. It is suggested to keep distance with the alcoholic beverage, tea, coffee, beer, milk and soft drinks. If you don’t care yourself much then you can suffer through possible lap band surgery side effects like stoma obstruction.

If you take cooked food like fish and ground turkey then always try to chew them well so that you don’t have any irritation, swelling, vomiting or even the stoma obstruction. If the band slippage occurred then patients can have stoma obstruction due to the migration or rotation of the upper gastric pouch. If you have stoma obstruction that causes lap band slippage then the only way to take care is again go for the lap band adjustment surgery. Due to this pain and problems people go for the lap band removal surgery. Stoma Obstruction can also caused by the edema, food, improper initial calibration, band slippage, pouch torsion or patient non-compliance regarding the chewing of food. In this condition you will have rapid weight loss. Re-operation to reposition or remove the device will be required. Other than that repositioning of lap band can be done via Laparotomy.

If you have stoma obstruction but not the band slippage then using right diet routine you can make your body normal but if you have stoma obstruction that caused band slippage then the best way to low down the pain is to again go on the liquid diet and avoid eating solid food. Rejection is one of the rare cause. Consult to your Lap Band Doctor for the right solution because the condition becomes worst day by day if the lap band slippage is already occurred.

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