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Hotmomma, good to have you back, sorry to hear about your wrist, wish you the best!

Doctor Gonzalez is an excellent surgeon with an excellent track record and great follow-up and aftercare. I recommend him without reservations.

Nice words Bubblebutt, very well put. Thanks for sharing that.

There is no point in arguing with BubbleButt. She will go on and on with plain bad information. So she actually takes patients to her doctor and goes in with them? Interesting. She does show up everywhere doesn't she? Aceves has a paid referral program? HHMMM..Well I guess bubble and dr. A are a real nice marketing team, aren't they. What has this world come to? If I know bubblebutt, she'll never stop saying you are me......sad..... Nice meeting you Passive, even under the circumstances! Please PM me.

WASA: Yes Rumbaut and Aceves may be good, but not necessarily the BEST. Here is a little something Rumbaut published not long ago (please read below). If your "global statistics" are hovering around 1% for erosion (quoting you: “Sadly, erosion does happen in about 1.3% of patients.” ) thenwhere does that put Rumbaut? (he did the study, 2.9% erosion).... how about slippage? Also 2.9%, how does that compare? Erosion is almost three times as much(2.9 to 1) as your "global statistics"? Not so good? And Quoting you: “There are docs with a 0.00016%** erosion stat vs. others who are seriously dangerous with a 3-4% erosion stat”. … But yet in another post you say: and I quote: “Personal opinion but I think Rumbaut and Aceves are the two best surgeons in Mexico.” Which is it bubblebutt? You have to make up your mind! Rumbaut’s statistics on erosion are one tenth of a percent from “Seriously Dangerous” and yet in your personal opinion he is among the best????? The problem is not Rumbaut's statistics Wasa, the problem is YOUR "global statistics". Rumbaut’s statistics are average (port infection is high though). You have been using a broken measuring stick. The information you have been giving readers on this subject is way off, and you refuse to admit it. Please do some real research WASA, unsupported statements cause more harm than good. If you want to post as a reliable source of information for fellow members, don't go by what you hear, hearsay is cheap and easy to come by, not so with true data on paper. The comparison between Rumbaut's published statistics and your claims only casts a shadow over any other "statistics" you may have posted elsewhere on this forum. Not very reliable..... You need to offer real statistics, all with tangible, published backup, not "someone told me". **By the way, FYI: .ooo16% erosion translates to one erosion for every 625,000 procedures, even you can’t seriously consider that!!! Obesity Surgery, 13, 275-280 The Lap-Band® System in a North American Population S. Ross Fox, MD; Katherine M. Fox, RN, MPH; Myur S. Srikanth, MD; Roberto Rumbaut, MD* The Medical Services Organization, Surgical Weight Loss Clinic, Tacoma, Washington, USA and *Hospital San Jose - ITESN, Monterrey, Mexico European and Australian results with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) using the Lap-Band® (Inamed Health, Santa Barbara, CA) have been impressive, with over 100,000 procedures completed at this writing. However, prior to U.S. FDA approval in June 2001, U.S. patients had to travel out of the U.S. for this procedure. This study reports on a series of U.S. patients who requested off-shore referral for LAGB placement. Table 5. Complications Complications n (%) Dilatation/band slippage 2.9 Erosion 2.9 Port tubing leakage (disconnection) 2.9 Port infection 3.8 Band removed without revision 2.9 Revision to gastric bypass 1.9

You say you have nothing else to use for stats other than INAMED's then you say that my erosion stats are outdated, do you or don't you have more statistics? I do not have to dwell on this any further because as it is, I have yet to meet or hear from one of doctor Gonzalez's patients with complications on this or any other forum, have you? I respect the fact that doctor Gonzalez and his staff are sincere when they say their total complication rate is less than 3%, at no time was erosion singled out. With the amount of research that I have done it places them well below the mean and that is an extraordinary track record. I am doing well, no complications a losing weight successfully. The same for the other Dr. Gonzalez patients that I have met and keep in contact with. Please let me know when you run across at least one post of someone with complications after surgery with doctor Gonzalez, because to date I have not.

I did call Dr. Gonzalez before my surgery, and he clearly stated that his more than 10 year experience in lap band surgery showed a mean erosion rate of less than 3%. If you got anything less from your surgeon I do not think you got the correct information. Global statistics for band erosion has been shown in some studies to reach as much as 9.5% (Obes Surg. 2006 Jul;16(7):829-35.) while others have shown as little as 1%. It all depends who is giving you the stats my dear. Please do a little more research ant try to use a little common sense. Complication rates will be reported within a wide range, depending on a wide variety of factors involved in each study. You have to READ and gather as much information and then establish an average. You are being very simplistic when you state your global stats come from INAMED. They manufacture the lap band so they will obviously report the numbers most favorable to them. Gather more information and be a little more thorough. If you are going to dedicate your time to dirt shoveling it is not fair to the surgeons or to the members of this forum if you burp out comments before substantiating them with a little more bibliography. I would call this action in our lingo a UPB (Un-productive burp).

You really do invest quite a bit of time trying to find dirt on Mexican surgeons don't you Bubblebutt? I did extensive research on Dr. Gonzalez before surgery with him and I think your stats, both global and Gonzalez's are wrong. I suppose your surgeon's stats are the best.........right?

You are impressed by the aftercare given to you by a doctor that did not do your lap band surgery? I know that Doctor Gonzalez and his team are good, but this one takes the cake! WOW! Gonzalez and his crew just do not cease to amaze me. good luck short c!!!

mehean you should not drive the day you are discharged. They probably meant you could be driven from TJ back home if it is a close distance. You are medicated and with not enough strength or quickness for emergency reactions while driving. I went down by myself and you can too. One additional night is the best way to go and it really makes a difference. I was driving after my 4th day because I could wait, its always best to stay on the safe side and not take unnecessary risks. Congratulations and keep us posted!

sorry, its 877-249-2263

Hi sleepy give Laura a call 877-247-2263 if Dr G is not in surgery you can talk to him directly, if not his right hand man in clinical management Dr. Valenzuela will give you all the information you need.