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[Travelmego 235]

I am making a thread to consolidate my research. I have posts all over and a lot of private messages with good tidbits to consider.

First, here is a chart to be filled in as I gather information. This document is just being put together so it is a VERY rough draft and is not organized yet. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jd4oi1BFANNxuZ28L5w-D79fg2Pm6WWeG7pfQVDfW3U/edit?usp=sharing

Things to look for in surgeon

- Professional experience (education, number of sleeves,reputation, other qualifications like trauma surgeon, privileges at quality hospitals, FACS, Proctor, Center of Excellence etc)

- Quality (reviews, leak rate, complication rate, infection rate)

- Safety (mask covers nose and mouth, hospital is full service with icu/er and bloodbank, doctor on premises 24/7)

- Procedure (32 bougie, 3 lines of staples, sutures top to bottom (oversewing the staple line), glue and mesh), covering of body at all times)

- Instruments (recognized quality instruments)

- Package - price, number of nights in hospital, number of nights in hotel (what's the dif btwn hotel and recovery center?).

- Service - good customer service before and after, no coordinator wars, videos and records available on release)

Edited May 26, 2014 by Travelmego

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[SwanRose 86]

Here's a link to a page that gives quick comparison of surgeons - http://www.mexicoweightlosssurgeons.com/

It doesn't give a great deal of information, but you can get a rough idea of price and surgeon experience.

[Travelmego 235]

Ok, great thank you. I am a little hesitant to look at 'ratings' pages because it is so easy to just create one - anyone can do it - including coordinators who want to promote their own guy. HOWEVER...I do find them very useful to figure out surgeons names to research. They are also useful in anything that we can verify independently. I was just looking at this page: http://www.mexicobariatricsurgerycenters.com/ which lists hospital certifications (or lack of). That should be pretty easy to verify.

Please continue to give me links or any info you find.

Edited May 26, 2014 by Travelmego