Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 Hello! Just got back from Manhattan again (took Ma to see Gagner) and I missed all of you. How many times have I told everyone that I LOVE New York?! Took my little girls to see the Rockettes, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Staten Island Ferry, etc. and had SO much fun! I posted this some time ago: >As far as not being to measure the common channel as well when doing >lap, Gagner says this is not true. With animal studies, his 100 cm. >length always was within 5% when they opened the animals up >afterwards. The open procedure has the same 5-10% variation. Two questions: 1. Do you think that this variation is only " valid " when it comes to Gagner (that is, because he is THE laparoscopic surgeon extraordinaire)? (When answering, you can ignore that last comment if you wish!) 2. Read another post about someone doing 60-75 cm. CCs. I thought 100 cm. was standard " safe " procedure. What's up? What IS the standard? Best, > >... Is a 100 cm lap the same as 75 open cm channel > > > > Not at all. I guess that my 100 cm lap would, if stretched out as in > open, be more like 125 cm. And, I am losing rather slowly, too. > --Steve > -- > Steve Goldstein, age 61 > Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001 > Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia > Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51 > BMI on 10/25 = 39 (-75 lb.) -- No longer M.O. > Losing more slowly than most, but enjoying renewed health and life in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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