I am new to thie talk fourum.. I am going to my seminar This Sat. How do I find out how many Lap Band procedures my Doctor has done? I started this journey last April. We were living in NC and I went through all my pre Lap Band appointments and was going to have surgery done in Oct. and my doctor told me threre was a problem with some part of the band and he would prefer waiting until it was resolved. While waiting for this we had news that we were moving back to upstate NY. I have been trying to find a doctor that will do my surgery using all my pre-opp records. I think I found one but I want to be sure he has done quite a few before mine. Do I just ask at the seminar? This surgeon is in a practice with 4 other surgeons and they do a variety of surgeries. They don't just specialize in Gastric surgeries. I would appreciate some feedback on this. Any other help you can give would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, April

Simple answer? Just ask. Although everyone has to start somewhere so everyone will have to have low numbers at some point.

Just ask and hopefully they have brochures of all their stats...I would only go to a bariatric surgeon who has done a ton of these...I wouldnt go to a doc who mainly makes his living taking out gall bladders. Mine even gave me a sheet of their complication rate which for LB was zero...he sews your band in place and has never had a slip or an erosion and he has never had a port flip...for the port he uses a mesh which really keeps it stable. He had one complication on a gastric bypass but at least the patient didnt die...good luck!