My Surgeon Hasnt Done Any Lap Bands!!

pplqueen · 07-01-2006, 05:56 AM

Typically the reason a problem arises in surgery is due to anesthesia problems. The surgeon is NOT the one who needs to be skilled in that case...... In that case, you better go to every person that touches you on surgery day and grill them about when and where they got their degrees and how many times they have done this surgery.
YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

K@t · 07-01-2006, 06:58 AM

All surgeons have to get experience some where, and Inmed will proctor the surgery. I was my docs 13th patient and I have had absolutely NO problems at all, its not as if its the first surgery your MD has done, just the first of this type.

No one is being a "cheerleader" but people tried to scare me away from my doc as well (including another MD here on LBT) telling me that the risks were higher etc. But I have had nothing but the BEST experience. It's in the doctors best interest to do things right.

In addition to that, I think if you check the complications section, you will find people who had problems with surgeons who have done thousands of these. It's not about how many he's done, but rather the doc himself. If you are confident and comfortable with him I say go for it!