Hospitals -v- Surgery Centers

[CarmenPonce 0]

I will be getting banded at a surgery center on the 13th of March (woot). :thumbup:Where were you banded? What are the differences? Pro's & Con's any insight you would have would be helpful. I have had surgeries in the past but always at a hospital. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) are also known as outpatient surgery centers or same day surgery centers verses a traditional Inpatient Hospital where you may need to stay over night.

[RayeP 0]

I think that most of the time it doesn't matter if you are in a hospital or not if you have a good surgeon and a good anesthesiologist. I think it might be worth asking how much experience the anesthesiologist has with overweight people because it's not the same as doing just anyone since theres alot of fat in our neck area, we can be different. I had mine done in a hospital that the cash price was almost as good AND it included coverage in case there were any surgery complications which was important to me since i couldn't afford to have any extra charges. Good luck with your weight loss journey and congratulations!

[bklyn1984 0]

Mine was in a hospital and I stayed overnight. I have chronic asthma and sleep apnea so my pulmonologist and surgeon wanted to monitor me closely. I was in the ICU. I also have had procedures in out patient surgery again with no problems. The surgery center treated me the same as if I was in a hospital.

Congrats to you and good luck!

[Donnainva 0]

Mine was also in a hospital and my insurance required an overnight stay (WTF?) The only other health issue I have is high blood pressure and I would've been more then happy to go home about 7 hours after surgery. If they could've changed it to that with maybe a follow up 3 or so days after surgery that would've been great.

I was at my wits end with no rest at all for the entire time I was in there, in a room with two men not a minutes peace.

I slept for 9 hours as soon as I got home.