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Any experiences with Dr. Vipul Patel @ Advent in Celebration, FL?

Posted by topf @topf, Apr 1 8:16pm

The guy looks very impressive with 19,000+ RARPs performed. I wonder if these are too many, actually. I wonder if he can dedicate the necessary time to each case. Does anyone have experience with him?

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topf | @topf | Apr 2 7:18am

I’ll give this a morning bump.

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frankjohnson1 | @frankjohnson1 | Apr 2 10:49am

I had surgery there about 2.5 weeks ago. He's not big on conversations, just the facts. I picked that route based on the experience. I have no pain to speak of. All the discomfort I had was the abdominal area for about 1.5 weeks due to the excess gas from the robotic procedure and the pressure against the "holes" from the robotic arms.

I am now trying to reach out and find out how to fight this incontinence issue.

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topf | @topf | Apr 2 2:26pm

Thanks! Was thete any follow-up? Cialis and all that? Did he or the Assistant discuss their surgical planning before? The thing that worries me is that he might have so many surgeries scheduled each day that he cannot pay attention to undividual ideosuncratic characteristics. May I ask if any trade-offs were needed in your case?

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