Heard about doctor in Texas who is doing the RNY laparoscopically.....

BUT, he finishes the surgery with a 4 or 5 inch incision in the stomach area. Has anyone ever heard of this? Is this something a prospective patient should be concerned with as far as an indication of his lack of experience with the lap RNY procedure? I have researched endlessly about a lot of different doctors, this is one of the surgeons who gets a lot of praise from his patients and I have heard he has had no patient die. He does 1 or 2 per week, even though he is in a small town. I want to know if I should bother trying to use this doctor or go with a surgeon who does the laparoscopic surgery with only the incisions for the trocars? I really don't want that open incision if I can help it.

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