Hello,

I have been enjoying reading the posts on here and they sure have helped me heaps, thank you. I was wondering if anyone may give me adivce to find the best surgeon for the VSG?

Of course I am scared and have some questions but right now I have gastric reflux (after lap band erosion injury) (lapband removed for almost 2 years). I want to know I have the best surgeon and that I am doing the right thing (don't want to make the reflux worse or start getting diarrhea as well). I've read on here that there are some surgeons that do this surgery a bit different. Any advice about any and everything would be helpful.

Thank you in advance. All is appreciated positive or negative, encouragement or discouragement....it's all welcome.

I live near Cincinnati in southern Ohio but would gladly travel to Columbus, WV, Ky, well.....anywhere for the right doctor.

In my opinion, you don't just need a VSG surgeon, you need a surgeon who has done a significant number of revisions. I know my surgeon has done a number of revisions but he is in Mexico and you would have to self-pay. Maybe search the Band to Sleeve Revision forum for names?

As a post-op Mexico patient, I would recommend going to Mexico 100% I firmly believe I got better care/experience there than I ever would have locally. Also - it's much cheaper. Don't let the price tag (or preconceived stereotypes) fool you into believing it's lesser quality!