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Lap Nissen questions
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| Blocks to Books 2006-08-08, 4:25 pm |
| If I've had any abdominal surgeries - even a lower abdominal pelvic female
type surgery - would that mean I couldn't have a laparoscopic Nissen and
would have to go with an open abdominal procedure if I had it done? -Blocks
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| Howard McCollister 2006-08-08, 4:25 pm |
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"Blocks to Books" <news@blockstobooks.com> wrote in message
news:y45Cg.23622$6w.53@fed1read11...
> If I've had any abdominal surgeries - even a lower abdominal pelvic female
> type surgery - would that mean I couldn't have a laparoscopic Nissen and
> would have to go with an open abdominal procedure if I had it
> done? -Blocks
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No. Your previous abdominal surgery wouldn't even slow down a competent
laparoendoscopic surgeon.
HMc
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| Richard Kaszeta 2006-08-08, 4:25 pm |
| "Blocks to Books" <news@blockstobooks.com> writes:
> If I've had any abdominal surgeries - even a lower abdominal pelvic female
> type surgery - would that mean I couldn't have a laparoscopic Nissen and
> would have to go with an open abdominal procedure if I had it done? -Blocks
It shouldn't matter, since I've known several people that have had a
Lap Nissen after either a lap appendectomy or a lap gallbladder removal.
--
Richard W Kaszeta
rich@kaszeta.org
http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
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| Blocks to Books 2006-08-08, 4:25 pm |
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"Richard Kaszeta" <rich@kaszeta.org> wrote in message
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> "Blocks to Books" <news@blockstobooks.com> writes:
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> It shouldn't matter, since I've known several people that have had a
> Lap Nissen after either a lap appendectomy or a lap gallbladder removal.
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> --
> Richard W Kaszeta
> rich@kaszeta.org
> http://www.kaszeta.org/rich
My pelvic surgery was an open procedure done before laparoscopic procedures
were widely used. I had it done when I was a teenager many years ago to
deal with a problem with my ovaries. -Blocks
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