THere are definitely risks with any procedure. However, that being said, my surgeon is not in Mexico (although that has nothing to do with anything, just stating he is not in Mexico) and his stats are better than those in the original post. If I remember correctly, he told me he had done around 1500 surgeries and had 1 leak 5 years ago and no deaths. Disregarding where they are both from, if I was choosing between 2 surgeons, I would be apprehensive of one that had more complications than my surgeon. No matter who the surgeon is or whether or not they ever found out the exact details in that very recent death, his higher number of any incidents (only compared to my surgeon) would cause me to inquire about other surgeons.