johnna 0 Posted June 17, 2006 My doctor reported that he'd done around 30 lap bands. He is a general surgery doctor at Vanderbuilt University in Nashville, TN (a teaching hospital). His specialty in which he had done thousands of surgeries is major stomach/gastric surgerys...none weight loss related. He was highly recommended as a surgeon and was told in comparison to what he typically does, a lapband was minor to him. He has been very good to work with thus far. I was banded on May 31, 2006. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fabfatgrl 10 Posted June 17, 2006 Is he still being proctored??? Any chance you could be one of those surgeries?? That way, a more experienced surgeon would be there to assist. How experienced is he with laprascopic surgery??? That's what I would wonder... more than with other WLS. However, in general, the magic number for Band surgeries is 50. That's when the whole learning curve levels off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
