Anyone with a belly button piercing have any trouble with laparoscopic surgery?!
Question: I need to have my gall bladder removed via key hole (laparoscopy)...am waiting to see my surgeon next week.
I have had my naval pierced for the last 8 years and am wondering if this may affect the procedure (I am aware that the ring will need to come out for the operation and am not fussed about letting it close over just concerned that it might then have to be open surgery not laparoscopy.)
Any info would be appreciated.
Also would love to hear from anyone who has had this procedure done as am a little anxious!
Answers: I need to have my gall bladder removed via key hole (laparoscopy)...am waiting to see my surgeon next week.
I have had my naval pierced for the last 8 years and am wondering if this may affect the procedure (I am aware that the ring will need to come out for the operation and am not fussed about letting it close over just concerned that it might then have to be open surgery not laparoscopy.)
Any info would be appreciated.
Also would love to hear from anyone who has had this procedure done as am a little anxious!
I am an OR nurse. You will have to remove the ring before you go into the OR, because some of the equipment they use to prevent bleeding uses electricity, so the metal can attract the current and cause a burn. As long as your doctor know about your piercing they can make the small incisions in such away that it will now destroy the hole and you can replace the ring as soon as you are awake enough to do so.
Some laprascopic procedures have an umbilical (belly button) incision, but as far as whether you will end up with open surgery, you won't know until they go in & see if its something that cannot be treated laprascopically.
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I had it done in 2005. they just took out my belly ring and gave it back after the surgery. it is no big deal. but they have to take it out.
the surgery was worse than I thought it would be. the majority of the pain afterwords is from the gas they put into your belly so they can see what they are doing. it takes a few days for all the gas to get out of your system. it hurts. :(
the scars are not too bad. there were more scars than what I had thought there would be though. I have 4 little scars from that surgery. it isn't just one... but everything was ok after a few days.