ALL SHOOK UP IF A FAMOUS CELEBRITY HAS PROBLEMS CHOOSING A SURGEON HOW CAN YOU SELECT A QUALIFIED SURGEON FOR YOURSELF

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In view of this report about choosing a surgeon, "Priscilla Presley, confirmed reports Tuesday that she once fell victim to an unqualified plastic surgeon". I must say I am all shook up! If a rich and famous celebrity, former wife of Elvis! can have problems selecting a qualified surgeon than what does that say about people who don't have as many resources available. How do you pick a surgeon or a doctor in general? How do you know if they are a good and qualified surgeon? I am repeating a recent post about finding a surgeon.







How can I pick or select a surgeon? That is a tough question for most people. As in all fields of skill, practice and more practice is a key. Thus you would like heart surgery done by a surgeon who does it often at an institution that performs many heart surgeries. As I wrote when talking about weight loss surgery like gastric bypass, experience counts. An editorial in the New England Journal about gastric bypass weight loss surgery also pointed out that the lowest surgical mortality is seen among gastric bypass surgeons who have performed more than 50 operations and preferably more than 100 operations.




In his blog, Dr. Sid Schwab, "a mostly retired general surgeon" says that his "intention is to inform, entertain, and possibly educate the reader about surgery, and about the life and loves of a surgeon". "When I've given readings of my book, a question I'm regularly asked is how to find a good surgeon. It's a toughie, for the non medically-connected person. I begin with the idea of trusting your primary doctor; if you have one you like and believe in, you ought to be able to assume she or he wouldn't steer you wrong. Other than the occasional political issue, and the fact that most primary docs don't really understand what goes on in an operating room, I think it's a good bet. Whatever else is true, they do see the patients again after they've sent them off; flesh-and-blood feedback. And, of course, credentials mean something. Training at an excellent program increases the likelihood that a surgeon knows his or her way around a body".

RISKS REWARDS OF GASTRIC BYPASS SURGERY VERSUS DIETING: IN WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY EXPERIENCE COUNTS

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