The place I went based it on the BMI and whether you had old scar tissue. I thnk 50 or higher BMI they did open. I believe their reasoning is that lap requires a a longer sedation and they don't like the risk to the patient due to the extra anesthesia.
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Marty
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts--Winston Churchill
Lap RNY 9-7-05
Dr. Ben-Meir
Cleveland Center for Bariatric Surgery
235/135/135
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