RNY or a VBG?
I had Lap RNY surgery about 10 months ago and when I was just starting my research, I was just like you. I had no idea which surgery was better, the RNY or the VBG. I chose the RNY because statistics show that it is the more successful surgery. With the VBG, there is a tendency for the band to slip or the staples to come apart. I wanted something that was permanent. There are many people who have revisions from the VBG to the RNY, but I don’t know of anyone who has had a revision the other way around. You lose more weight with the RNY and there is less chance of failure and then having to go through surgery again. Also, many surgeons do the VBG because it is technically far less complicated. Not all doctors are sufficiently skilled to do the RNY.
