Help researching Surgeon for Hernia Repair & Scar revision in NJ.

adam_
on 9/1/08 8:12 am - Boynton Beach, FL

Looking for some help researching Surgeon's in the New Jersey area. I need to have a hernia repaired & a scar revision.

Also wouldnt mind hearing some personal experiences from people that've had either surgery because I only know 2 people who had hernia surgery and BOTH had complications.
I want to really take my time and select THE BEST surgeon to avoid complications because as some of you may know I had a REALLY bad time with my RNY and nearly died.

-Adam - 6'6" - From 450 lbs to GOAL in 9 months...
Phase 1: Completed 10/2008.
Phase 2: Weightlifting - Goal: Add 40 lbs of muscle. Completed 2/15/2011.
Phas 3: Cut to 10% body fat.
MY STORY: imthebiggestloser.blogspot.com/

Nannette
on 9/1/08 11:48 pm - Toms River, NJ

Revision on 08/15/11

Hi Adam -- check out Dr Joe Capella in Ramsey, NJ -- He did all my plastics (after I interviewed five others), but is also a bariatric surgeon and has huge amounts of experience with WLS patients.

Nannette

Nannette
Lap RNY 6/16/03
Revise to DS 8/15/11

adam_
on 9/2/08 8:29 am - Boynton Beach, FL

RNY on 01/07/08

On September 2, 2008 at 6:48 AM Pacific Time, Nannette wrote:

Hi Adam -- check out Dr Joe Capella in Ramsey, NJ -- He did all my plastics (after I interviewed five others), but is also a bariatric surgeon and has huge amounts of experience with WLS patients.

Nannette

Thanks Nanette, I think that's the guy my buddy Chuck is telling me to go to as well. If it's the Capella I'm thinking of, he's a plastic surgeon and his father is a bariatric surgeon?

-Adam - 6'6" - From 450 lbs to GOAL in 9 months...
Phase 1: Completed 10/2008.
Phase 2: Weightlifting - Goal: Add 40 lbs of muscle. Completed 2/15/2011.
Phas 3: Cut to 10% body fat.
MY STORY: imthebiggestloser.blogspot.com/

Nannette
on 9/2/08 11:38 pm - Toms River, NJ

Revision on 08/15/11

That's the guy Adam -- His dad is Rafael, and he is Joe -- Joe started as a bariatric surgeon working with his father and then saw the need for specialized plastics on WLS patients, and studied and made that his speciality. He is very good and I was very happy with him. His prices are also very competitive and usually even a bit under the 'norm' - especially if you have multiple procedures with him.

Hope to see you Friday!
Hugs,
Nannette

Nannette
Lap RNY 6/16/03
Revise to DS 8/15/11

adam_
on 9/4/08 2:18 am - Boynton Beach, FL

RNY on 01/07/08

On September 3, 2008 at 6:38 AM Pacific Time, Nannette wrote:

That's the guy Adam -- His dad is Rafael, and he is Joe -- Joe started as a bariatric surgeon working with his father and then saw the need for specialized plastics on WLS patients, and studied and made that his speciality. He is very good and I was very happy with him. His prices are also very competitive and usually even a bit under the 'norm' - especially if you have multiple procedures with him.

Hope to see you Friday!
Hugs,
Nannette

I just called and was told he doesnt do hernias anymore, only plastics...ugh!

-Adam - 6'6" - From 450 lbs to GOAL in 9 months...
Phase 1: Completed 10/2008.
Phase 2: Weightlifting - Goal: Add 40 lbs of muscle. Completed 2/15/2011.
Phas 3: Cut to 10% body fat.
MY STORY: imthebiggestloser.blogspot.com/

maryc543
on 9/2/08 12:21 am

DS on 11/14/06

My niece just had a Lower Body Lift with Dr. Capella at Hackensack Hospital, (oops, sorry, Hackensack University Medical Center)..... 2 1/2 weeks ago. So far, she's healing nicely, back at school, and has one open, draining area we're watching. He doesn't use drains.... and uses a closing stitch he refers to as a "pie crust" stitch.... Ask again in a few weeks and I'll let you know what it lloks like healed... it looked rolled and poked immediately after surgery, and is slowly flattening out as it heals.... (grin) I still have a bunch to lose before I even dream of plastics , so she's my test case to see if I like what he did.... LOL....... Like a twenty something would heal the same as a forty something! I can keep dreaming! Mary C

DS Part 1 (VSG) 11/14/06 DS Part 2 12/18/07
HW 430 SW 400 CW 210 GW 170 Blog: lifeisgood-mc.blogspot.com

adam_
on 9/4/08 10:34 pm - Boynton Beach, FL

RNY on 01/07/08

any other recommendations since Dr. Capella no longer does hernia repairs?

-Adam - 6'6" - From 450 lbs to GOAL in 9 months...
Phase 1: Completed 10/2008.
Phase 2: Weightlifting - Goal: Add 40 lbs of muscle. Completed 2/15/2011.
Phas 3: Cut to 10% body fat.
MY STORY: imthebiggestloser.blogspot.com/

jerseyjuji
on 9/6/08 5:45 am

RNY on 06/25/03

I had (2) hernia repairs with Dr. David Abramson in Englewood, as well as plastics procedures, including my open (vertical) scar revision. I am very happy with what he did for me, and felt his prices were very competitive (I interviewed a total of 5 plastic surgeons, he was the last and, I felt, the most competent). My procedures were in 2005 and 2006, and all is well! julie

Kathy
on 9/10/08 3:03 am - Hamilton, NJ

Finally got a chance to get on the computer - sorry for the late reply.
My surgeon is Dr. Mehta Mehta Bariatric 732 745 0999 EXCELLENT
He did my RNY. I have had many issues, none his doing. Its just the way my body heals itself. I had hernia repair, adhesions, bowel obstruction, another hernia (just for good measure) and Dr. Mehta handled them all. I even consulted with him when it was thought that my appendix needed removal. I wouldn't trust anyone else. He's already seen my insides enough times. Unfortunately, I just have one of those bodies that makes excess scar tissue. I'm thinking about lipo - so you know who I'll call.............I'm sorry you have had such a rough go of it, but glad you are back on track. Good luck. Kathy

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