looking for a gastric sleeve surgeon in Johannesburg

[Freshi 0]

Please help me with contacts of a wonderful gastric sleeve doctor in Johannesburg South Africa.

I want to have this done in the new year!

Thanks

Freshi

[chasingpolaris321 214]

Dr. Fetter is the most well known bariatric surgeon in Joburg but I don't think he does the sleeve.

[Freshi 0]

Thanks for the heads up chasingpolaris321....

Yes he does not do the Sleeve Surgery which is what I want to have done.

any other doctors in Johannesburg?

[Kaishek 10]

Hi, Dr C Sofianos (011) 616 8340

[Freshi 0]

Thank you Kaishek:)

[chasingpolaris321 214]

I had the sleeve and am happy I did, but I will say that Dr. Fetter has a very impressive program and that he is a skilled surgeon. I am from the US and had surgery in the US, but if I had lived in SA at the time I think I would have chosen him and bypass because of the quality of the hospital, his skill as a surgeon, and his team. I thought I was going to have to have a revision to bypass because of very severe GERD from the sleeve, and I went through a lot of testing and consultations with him before eventually deciding against a revision.

Even if you are set on having the sleeve, it might be worth it to check out him and his staff. South Africa is not the most bariatric surgery friendly country, and follow-up care is so extremely important. Just a thought!

[Freshi 0]

Thank you So much for the insight and I will make sure I make an appointment with him and hear what he has to say.

Appreciated!!