Hiya Dell, It really depends on which one your PCT will fund. A laproscopic procedure is considerably more expensive than an open. My PCT will only fund the open one.
I am from Greater Manchester & my surgeon was Mr. Ammori. He does keyhole for bypass as standard & when I asked about what would cause him to switch to open he said he has never in 800+ surgeries had to switch. He did say that prior scars (like c-section) and prior hernia's can sometimes make a surgeon recommend open instead of keyhole.
I was given a choice as to which surgeon/procedure I wanted. My consultant said You can have 'Mr Surgeon' who does keyhole but doesn't have many op's under his belt or you can have Mr Pollard over at Leeds who does open surgery but has so much experience. I was hoping for Mr Pollard anyway and wasn't bothered in the slightest about having open surgery so Mr Pollard I chose and it was a great decision!
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