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Artificial ileocecal valve surgery

Digestive Health | Last Active: Apr 17 12:57pm | Replies (9)
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@dboesten

Hi, I am very curious if you have had the ICV replacement surgery and hopeful that you have the name of a surgeon who performs it. I see articles in medical journals back to 1981, so I am surprised that it's so hard to find a surgeon.

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blbanner | @blbanner | Apr 17 11:50am

Sadly, no. I waited months to see the “best” surgeon in SLC and he could not have turned me away faster. He said the only way to get rid of the sibo symptoms was to get a permanent ostomy bag. I’m still not sure what to do. Can’t take antibiotics due to neuropathy from Flagyl. Diet doesn’t work either. I take laxatives to help move things through me so nothing can ferment but that’s about all I have.

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