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Originally Posted by cprnow
Hi Big Guy - welcome! I'm pretty new here too. Let's see...when I talked with my surgeon I asked how many surgeries he has performed, their complication rate. Since at that time, I hadn't decided between the Lap band, the lap RNY, or open RNY I asked him to compare complication rates between each. Based on that discussion, and some research papers I read, I'm probably going to go with open RNY. I'm not thrilled about the incision, but I want him to have complete access and view, lol! Probably kind of stupid. But from what he told me, the incision shouldn't be as long as I originally thought....
Make sure you have a surgeon that you feel you can talk to though! You may hit it off better with some than others!
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Not to scare you, and maybe I have a skewed experience......but everyone I know who went open had an incision from under their boobs to about an inch above the belly button.
I heard talk of a "new" method leaving only a 4 inch scar, but have yet to hear from anyone that owns one! Anyone here have a smaller incision?