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J
Part of the furniture
Number of posts : 761
Age : 39
Location : Melbourne
Registration date : 2010-08-04
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Thu 14 Jun 2012, 4:20 am | |
| I flew a flew about 3 months post op and didn't have any issues :)
Allot of people on here have had their sleeve done interstate and flown home within the same week.
The stomach just heals over the top of the staples and there's no real need for them to be there in the end. But it'd be to much hassle to go in and remove them.
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| | | | Mummamac
Newbie
Number of posts : 7
Age : 52
Location : Sydney
Registration date : 2012-03-29
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Thu 14 Jun 2012, 1:33 am | |
| Thanks. So glad to know the staples won't set off the airport security. I just hope it stays that way. I flew to Melbourne the other week and I had a very thin metal bangle on and it set off the alarm. | |
| | | | Red5
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Number of posts : 304
Age : 52
Location : Victoria
Registration date : 2012-05-10
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Thu 14 Jun 2012, 12:06 am | |
| - Janette wrote:
- Staples are permanent and apparently the stomach tissue grows around the staples.
My surgeon told me he uses part of the cut away stomach to cover the staples and them removes the rest. | |
| | | | Janette
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Number of posts : 4341
Age : 70
Location : Gundagai, NSW
Registration date : 2009-09-13
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Wed 13 Jun 2012, 8:31 pm | |
| LOL no they don't set off alarms at the airport, I have flown heaps since sleeved!!
Staples are permanent and apparently the stomach tissue grows around the staples. | |
| | | | Ginka
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Age : 54
Location : Gawler, SA
Registration date : 2012-01-21
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Wed 13 Jun 2012, 1:48 am | |
| I had to ask the question though...nothing like trying to work out why your beeping and then having to disclose your procedure. | |
| | | | Red5
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Number of posts : 304
Age : 52
Location : Victoria
Registration date : 2012-05-10
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Wed 13 Jun 2012, 1:33 am | |
| - Ginka wrote:
- They are permanent titanium staples. I was told that they will not register at the airport security scan.
That would be funny if they did | |
| | | | Ginka
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Number of posts : 785
Age : 54
Location : Gawler, SA
Registration date : 2012-01-21
| | Subject: Re: Do the staples dissolve? Wed 13 Jun 2012, 12:38 am | |
| They are permanent titanium staples. I was told that they will not register at the airport security scan. | |
| | | | Mummamac
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Number of posts : 7
Age : 52
Location : Sydney
Registration date : 2012-03-29
| | Subject: Do the staples dissolve? Wed 13 Jun 2012, 12:25 am | |
| I haven't had the chance to ask my doctor but does anyone know if the staples dissolve or are they permanent? | |
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