borderguy

Dr Huacuz was arrested monday in TJ for medical negligence on a 2006 procedure. IF IT SOUNDS AND LOOKS TOO CHEAP, IT PROBABLY IS !! Tj doctors are in a price battle, but lowering quality. I dont want to generalize, but its the 3rd TJ doctor with problems in the last couple of months. There are really good doctors in Baja, be it Mexicali or TJ, but theres also cheap doctors. Be careful, do your research. Tj, Corvala, Mexicali, Dr Abril or Dr. Aceves, a little bit pricier, but arent you worth it ?? A $4499 plication, why the 99 price ? am i buying a car ? vertical sleeve 4499 ? i understand 6 to 8 grand, but 4499 ??? http://www.lacronica...ionImpresa.aspx go to printed edition "edicion impresa" page 21.. borderguy huacuz.pdf

tou should consider Mexicali better. Dr. Aceves or Dr. Abril are the way to go...

Absolutely true, im not saying expensive is better, but too cheap sends my alarm bells ringing....

Dr Huacuz was arrested monday in TJ for medical negligence on a 2006 procedure. IF IT SOUNDS AND LOOKS TOO CHEAP, IT PROBABLY IS !! Tj doctors are in a price battle, but lowering quality. I dont want to generalize, but its the 3rd TJ doctor with problems in the last couple of months. There are really good doctors in Baja, be it Mexicali or TJ, but theres also cheap doctors. Be careful, do your research. Tj, Corvala, Mexicali, Dr Abril or Dr. Aceves, a little bit pricier, but arent you worth it ?? A $4499 huacuz.pdf

Aceves or Abril in Mexicali, avoid TJ. Really good doctors. borderguy

The study is one of thhe presentations, the one that says: MMESA Dr Talebpour morbid obesity gastric plication report of 500 cases take care... Omar

the problem it´s not "his recent findings", but his recent problems with the surgery he´s talking about, wich are not based on fact or investigation and in no way a real indicator on the stats of this surgery, just his opinion. bg

NO PROBLEM HERE MAM.....MR WATKINS SAYING NOBODY SHOULD GET VSP UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE... GOOD NIGHT, POP A VALIUM....

FOR THE RECORD, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, VSG IS THE BEST SURGERY OUT THERE, BETTER THAN THE BAND, BETTER THAN PLICATION. THERE. FEELING BETTER ?? GOOD NIGHT WOMAN....

NOW IM SCARED TO SEE YOUR MORE BIAS THAN DR WATKINS !!!!!!!!!!! GGOOOOOO VSG GOOOOOOO !!!!

You dont know me or where im from, i know the whole, i say again, the whole Aceves team for family reason, nina, gaby, ms, eguia, ALL OF EM. First name basis, you want his cell phone number ?? SO YOUR ATACKING ALL PLICATION SURGEONS AS BOTTOM FEADERS ??? YOU AGREE DR WATKINS IS BULL CRAP, BUT YOU ATACK ALL VSP DOCTORS AS DOUCHES ?? WHAT HAPPENED ? WHERE YOU ABUSSED AS A KID ?? I NEVER SAID VSP WAS FAULTLESS, NEVER SAID IT DIDNT OR DOESNT HAPPEN, JUST PISSED AT DR WATKINS POSTING AS MR KNOW IT ALL AROUND HERE, SUCH BULL.... P.S. WHAT LINK ?? TAKE A CHILL PILL...

id love for him to respond to my second post, and Michelle, im not burying my hand in the sand, hes posting HES OPINIONS AS FACTS. This is no charity case, just misleading info to pull people away from VSP and towards him. Complete and utter bull crap and totally unprofresional. iM NOT DEFENDING VSP, iM ATTACKING AN IGNORANT POST.

Dr. Watkins How old are you ? Where did you learn your gastric plication techique ? From whom ? How many did you see being performed ? How many did you perform under supervision ? How many have you done alone ? How many complications have you had ? Please let us know who were those "several" doctors you "spoke too" ? Ive contacted 6 doctors in the Baja area in the last 24 hours, and showed them your post. ALL OF THEM, ALL OF THEM, think your opinions are nothing more than that, Opinions NOT based on experience or fact. I spoke with Dr. Lopez Corvala, Dr. Kuri, Dr. Aceves, Dr Huacuz, Dr. Abril and Dr. Ham. NONE OF THEM KNOW WHERE YOU TRAINED, And they all think your just trying to pull patients your way... i welcome your response, you´ve got so much time on your hands, you should be able to respond soon... border guy

Well, First of all, i am kind of suspect of a doctor or a patient facilitator posting on this board, made for surgery patients. i tend to think that a doctor posting on this board is pretty much looking for cheap advertising. Sorry to be so frank. Scaring patients just on YOUR LIMITED EXPERIENCE ? i think Dr. Watkins is misinformed due to the little information he has availabale to him. if he hasnt done enough plications, maybe hes not doing it right. Where did you learn your plication techique from Dr, Watkins ? i think lapband patients are having trouble at a higher percentage, and gastric sleeve patients with leaks have also a higher percentage of failure. You say nobody can know what will happen 10 years from now ? YES YOU CAN. Heres one of several links.Here´s one going back 10 years exactly. http://www.laparosco...ONS_ABOUT_TVGP/ and go to the MMESA Dr Talebpour morbid obesity gastric plication report of 500 cases heres another study of 135 patients. check the stats . http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/19081482 heres some more info: LAPAROSCOPIC TOTAL GASTRIC PLICATION. 2- YEAR RESULTS AND COMPARISON TO SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY. George Skrekas MD, ISS, EAES, General surgeon, Specialist in advanced laparoscopy & bariatric surgery PURPOSE: The presentation of our results with total gastric plication (imbrication) in a 135 patients series and comparison to a randomized series of 80 patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy in the same period. METHODS: The study was designed as prospective - double. The GROUP I is consisted from 135 patients (104 women and 31 men) who voluntarily underwent gastric plication in a 2-year period (2008-2010). The GROUP II includes 80 randomly selected patients (50 women and 30 men) who underwent sleeve gastrectomy in the same period. The two groups were comparable as to age (36 vs 35.4 years) but differed as to the initial BMI (BMIGroupI = 39.5 vs BMIGroupII= 46.5Kg/m2). RESULTS: 12 patients of GROUP I (8.8%) presented post operative complications of which 4 cases were treated surgically ( 1 case of gastric prolapse, 1 case of Portal vein thrombosis with partial jejunum necrosis and 2 cases of late gastric occlusion due to the formation of intragastric seroma). In the last 2 cases we did reversion of the plication 3 months after the primary operation. The mean follow-up was 20.4 months (13-32). In the group of gastric plication (GROUP I) the mean (%) excess weight loss (EWL) was 65.3%. Weight loss was significantly greater in patients with initial BMI < 45 (69.9% vs 55.5%, p = 0.006). 29 patients of GROUP I (21.4%) had poor weight loss (EWL <50%), while in 8 of them (5.9%) the surgery was deemed as failure (EWL <30%). Patients with an initial BMI> 45 were twice as likely to fail loosing adequate weight than those who had BMI <45 (36% vs 18.1%). The patients who underwent sleeve gastrectomy (GROUP II) achieved significantly greater weight loss (EWL = 81.7% vs 65.3%, p <0.001) while they had 9 times less probability of insufficient weight loss (2.5 vs 21.4%). The overall weight loss was considered satisfactory in 78.6% of the patients who underwent gastric plication and in 97.5% of those who underwent sleeve. CONCLUSION: The total gastric plication surgery presents some good features: adequate gastric restriction without implants or gastrectomy, simplicity, reversibility and acceptable risk of complications. In the short-term, the total gastric plication is able to provide an acceptable weight loss in about 80% of patients, but is considerably less effective when compared to sleeve gastrectomy. According to our experience, the total gastric plication might be offered as an option for the treatment of "less heavy" bariatric cases with BMI <45 because beyond this limit, the probability of insufficient weight loss or failure is high (36%). ALL SURGICAL SOLUTIONS TO WEIGHT LOSS HAVE RISKS, MY COUSIN ALMOST DIED, 2 WEEKS IN ICU FOR A LEAKING GASTRIC SLEEVE, IT WASNT DETECTED AFTER 2 BARIUM TESTS. AND BY MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, NOTHING IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN REMAINING FAT !! SO TO ANYBODY CONSIDERING WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY, PLEASE DO YOUR HOMEWORK, BUT DON´T BASE YOUR DESICION ON DR WATKINS OPINIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, UNLESS HE HAS A STUDY BEHIND HIM,SEEMS KIND OF UNPROFESSIONAL OF HIM TO BE POSTING HERE, DO REAL DOCTORS HAVE THE TIME TO POST ? ... SINCERELY BORDER GUY...

what was there before the camel toe ???

You can get it done with Dr. Abril in Mexicali. He usually only charges 500 dlls more to fix hiatal hernias... www.mexicolapobandcenter.com

heard wonderful things about Dr. Rafael Abril in Mexicali, great surgeon, great care, low price too and in Mexicali, not TJ...

look up dr abril in Mexicali too, heard wonderful things about him and Mexicali...

7800 all inclusive with dr abril in Mexicali, whatever you do avoid TJ !!

ive heard about dr abril and dr ham, they seem to be pretty known in mexicali, wich is the safest border city along the whole border ! they have the same service as the TJ doctors andi think a better price... bg

if you havent made a deposit, you might consider dr. abril and dr. ham in Mexicali, they pick you up at the airport too, and its only a 2 hour drive from SD. i say the drive is worth it if you getting good doctors, a great price and avoid the Tj violence possibility!!