I'd like to know if I'm pretty accurate....

I've been deliberating back and forth, back and forth between the open RNY and the lap RNY. I was told the surgeon I'm going to be using does both, but has more experience in open-however he does very well at both surgeries. I have a 2-year-old son and a large part of my deciding to have the lap RNY has to do with him. I have heard I will have a shorter hospital stay, that I will have a quicker recovery time and so on. Is that accurate? Also, I would like to know how common it is for a Dr. to knick the bowels or spleen and also about how common it is for something else to go wrong that results in being opened. Are there any statistics out there that show this? Thank you all!

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