Guest guest Posted December 10, 2001 Report Share Posted December 10, 2001 Gastric banding. OK, am I stupid? Is it not true that long-term results with this thing are freakin' dismal at best? Now, when exactly was " 3 weeks later " and why would Gagner have said that in October? Were his preferences for other WLSs made public a long time ago? Was he always and publically a reluctant D/S surgeon? When ya coming to New York, Tracey?! Best, > Dr Fielding is very Gastric Band orientated. That is his MO weapon of > choice. He spent time trying to convince me to have the band and when my > husband and I raised a united front and said that we would both prefer the > BPD/DS for me after a lot of in depth research. Now I find out 3 weeks > later that he is no longer doing DS and is trying to pull that on me as > well. What a WLS nightmare! > > Tracey > Re: Why surgeons are changing from the DS > > > Hello. > > What Nick said here: > > > It is a shame that surgeons who aren't up to handling the > > complexity of the DS spend their time bashing it instead of > > perfecting their techniques. > > is so concisely worded that I hesitated (but only for a second!) to > throw in my third? posting of what Dr. Gagner personally said to me > about this issue. > > His statement was SOMETHING to this effect: " The old BPD without > duodenal switch that [Ren, , et al] are doing is a complete > and total regression. Maybe they are taking their cues from Dr. > Fielding of Australia. The only reason I can see that they would be > doing this is that the BPD alone is much easier on the surgeon. I am > not interested in 'easy.' I do what's best for my patients. " > > Ya know, I have since wondered about this Fielding guy. Didn't > Tracey just report that he, too, was abandoning the D/S, BUT THAT HE > JUST DID SO VERY RECENTLY? If so, then where did Gagner's " Maybe > they are taking their cues from Dr. Fielding of Australia " come from > in October of this year? Any ideas? Has Fielding been > researching/writing about BPD vs. BPD/DS for a while?? > > Best, > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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