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This is a very major abdominal operation, as you probably know. It is an uncommon operation for most surgeons to do during their career, unless they are in a specialised unit where these patients are sent. These units are thus doing these operations on a regular basis and maintain a level of expertise, and have good backup.
It is essential to ensure the surgeon performing the operation is experienced in doing it, and with good results. Need to ask how many of these operations the surgeon has personally done, and results.
Some surgeons, especially young surgeons, want to get one of these under their belt as a sort of right of passage. Best to avoid these surgeons.
A second opinion would be in order.
Last edited by rjtjrt; 12th Jul 2014 at 00:28.