I am confident this doctor is well equipped for emergencies that may occur during surgery. Their facilties are state of the art and they have 2 surgeons in the OR, as well as a full staff of other doctors and nurses. Given your special situation, I would not commit to having them do the surgery until you have done a quick conference call with Dr. Ortiz to discuss your concern and have them explain how they are equipped to handle any emergency that may arise related to your blood disorder. You need to be 100% confident they are equipped to handle your blood disorder and they should be able to put your fears to rest with a quick phone call. Dr. Ortiz is pretty good at taking time out to address potential and current patient concerns.
As far as fills, I am getting my first fill with Dr. Ortiz and then will get any other adjustments or fills here in Phoenix. There are 2 options I have heard of, the Fill Center with several valley locations and there is a nurse who travels down to Phoenix once a month that does fills. Although I have nothing in my band currently I do have a very small amount of restriction so I will probably put off my first fill a few extra weeks. If you have any more questions or you would like to call me let me know I would be happy to help in any way I can. Much Success!
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Hi Nicole:
I am confident this doctor is well equipped for emergencies that may occur during surgery. Their facilties are state of the art and they have 2 surgeons in the OR, as well as a full staff of other doctors and nurses. Given your special situation, I would not commit to having them do the surgery until you have done a quick conference call with Dr. Ortiz to discuss your concern and have them explain how they are equipped to handle any emergency that may arise related to your blood disorder. You need to be 100% confident they are equipped to handle your blood disorder and they should be able to put your fears to rest with a quick phone call. Dr. Ortiz is pretty good at taking time out to address potential and current patient concerns.
As far as fills, I am getting my first fill with Dr. Ortiz and then will get any other adjustments or fills here in Phoenix. There are 2 options I have heard of, the Fill Center with several valley locations and there is a nurse who travels down to Phoenix once a month that does fills. Although I have nothing in my band currently I do have a very small amount of restriction so I will probably put off my first fill a few extra weeks. If you have any more questions or you would like to call me let me know I would be happy to help in any way I can. Much Success!
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