Hello,

in March the valve of my Kock-Pouch will be repaired. Can anybody tell me the expected length of the hospital stay.

Thanks in advance for your answers!

Kind Regards
Martin

Quite honestly it depends on how they fix it, if it can be fixed or needs to be replaced...and if in order to replace it they have to make a new pouch...If they just fix the valve (how I do not know) it could be a short stay but you would still have to keep your pouch on strait drain for quite a while to allow the valve to heal...
I think that first you have to find out what kind of repair they intend to do...
Keep us posted...
ps. I had 3 or 4 repairs, the first he had to move the pouch and retack down the valve..1 week hospital: 6 weeks bedrest. The second he had to flip the pouch and creat a new valve entirely...1 week hospital: 3 months bed. the others were smaller surgeries and required shorter stays and proportional bed rest....who is doing yours and where?
Sharon