I removed this post. Some of the info I was receiving was from disgruntled people. Im not sure how reliable it is

I would be reconsidering Dr Q. Falsified leak numbers would scare me majorly.

Suzy

I am a member of a Facebook group for Dr Q patients. Yesterday the person I used as coordinator was removed as admin of that group and new people took over. The original admin started another group. There is talk on that new group that complication and leak numbers had been falsified and that they have mislead patients. I don't know what to believe. I am now scared and confused. My surgery is scheduled in 2 weeks.

Have u paid up front?

I paid a deposit.

Who controls those numbers anyway? Where do they come from? Any doctor I have asked (in the U.S or Mexico, it matters not) seems to just give an arbitrary answer. I never see studies, formal and verified results, etc.

I paid a deposit.

you should be able to find out more about your doctor on here or obesity help.com I think , i'll look up and see what I can find

I can definitely see this has put you in a dilemma hasn't it ? - the problem of course is, we don't know if these allegations are true or the fiction of some disgruntled ex-employees. But what we do know is, this is about you and your health and your safety. I can only tell you what I would do and that would be to first, see if I could get my deposit back, and quite frankly, even if I couldn't, I would go somewhere else. You can gamble with a lot of things, but not your health.

This doctor may well be absolutely wonderful and that's nice but please if you have any doubts (and I am guessing you have many) err on the side of caution here and walk away. Really hope it all works out for you and i'll definitely be thinking about you.

I was pretty set on having my surgery with quinones. Then I spoke to the coordinator and I was seriously turned off. I went instead with dr Lopez. Perhaps you are better off with the new coordinators. I'm not sure of the integrity of the person I spoke with. That's just an opinion.

I think most all of the leak numbers are falsified. It's 2% in the states and non-existent in MX? Yeh OK.

It is proven that the more procedures a surgeon has done the lower the complication rate. That's why I went with someone with a non-inflated number of 7,000 surgeries. Good luck!

I think most all of the leak numbers are falsified. It's 2% in the states and non-existent in MX? Yeh OK.

It is proven that the more procedures a surgeon has done the lower the complication rate. That's why I went with someone with a non-inflated number of 7,000 surgeries. Good luck!

Your non inflated number of surgeries are not all sleeves though, so that number means very little.

Not true if most of them are RNY. Dr Aceves and Dr Kelly both have done many duodenal switch and RNY surgeries which are much more complicated than the sleeve and absolutely count in the number of surgeries making them safer statistically.

Actually, the trick to finding a good Bariatric surgeon to preform the sleeve is to find one who is very skilled in RNY and DS. It's the difference between riding a bike and riding a bike on a tight wire.