I am scheduled! I am having the sleeve surgery with Dr Garcia 8/31 in Tijuana and I have so many questions.

What tests pre op and/or post op should be preformed?

How many incisions will there be and where will they be placed?

Do they leave one of the incisions open?

Will there be a drain left in and for how many days?

I plan to ask all those questions to my coordinator as well, I just want to make sure I know what is supposed to happen.

I am a newbie too! Good questions! Maybe someone will chime in soon!

hi

i had a pre op test where they took a thin scope and put it down my nose until it hit my stomach to look to see if i had a hernia

then i had a pre op ekg and a pre op chest xray

also i did a stress test on a stationary bike

i had 5 incisions in my stomach during surgery, none of my incisions were left open

i did not have a drain

My daughter had her surgery with Dr. Garcia 6 months ago. We had a great experience and all the doctors and staff are super nice and the facility clean. You'll love Dr. Garcia. The day of surgery they did blood work, ekg and chest xray. Probably if you have other conditions or health issues they might do more tests, but she didn't have any health issues. She had a drain tube just while in the hospital and they took it out just before we left to go back to the hotel. She had 5 very small incisions with clear stitches that disolve on their own. They did 2 leak tests and the last one they recorded on a DVD they give you to take home along with the surgery report and test records. She's had no problems at all and recovered quickly. She's lost almost 70 lbs, 20 were pre-op. She's actually almost too thin although she still wants to lose more. We will be going to TJ again for other medical services. We had a great experience in TJ and have no reservations about going back again.