It’s only been a couple days since I got the news that my stitches are coming out. Naturally, I just want to know why, so I can make sure that it doesn’t happen again (if I go with revision). But I’m realizing there isn’t any official “data” on why this happens, or how successful a revision is when this does happen. I have reached out to my ESG doctor (and another ESG doctor) with a list of questions to try to figure out what to do. I’ll make a new post when I’ve laid everything out and feel comfortable making a decision. Right now I’m just bummed that I am in that unconfirmed 5-7% who’ve had stitches fail. I’m stuck in the “Why did this happen? I did everything right!” phase right now.
In the meantime, I thought I would include the possible/plausible reasons why stitches fail from what I’ve gathered so far from different (unofficial) sources.
- Overeating: If you disregard the post op diet/instructions and overeat this can put excess strain on the stitches. Hunger is a hormone, and your body wants to consume the same amount of calories to maintain your current weight. You have to train it otherwise, and not give into the desire to overeat.
- Stomach Mechanics: The stomach is a baggy, stretchy and vascular muscle. To digest your food it contracts, sort of a churning to allow the gastric juices to break down food. Some patients may simply have a greater and stronger inner workings.
- Surgeon experience/Skill: Every surgery or procedure (external, internal, skeletal etc…) takes learning and training.
**Just a side note, these are my personal findings (with no “official” data), and I’m not a doctor. So take them with a grain of salt until more official research/studies on ESG becomes available.
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