Mr Velupillai Vathanan

Mr Velupillai Vathanan 2020-06-19 Person 1 5 0

I have hesitated to write this review for a few months but ultimately decided to proceed. Mr. Vathanan performed a laparoscopic procedure on me to treat my endometriosis. Upon my first meeting, he seemed friendly and listened. Second meeting was also pleasant and it was decided to move forward with the procedure. Unfortunately this is where things went wrong for me. He became what I felt was very frustrated with me after the surgery, I feel it was because I was so emotional (overly emotional) Everything he told me about the procedure was not accurate as far as recovery times etc. When the pain became horrendous after the surgery, he kept telling me to take ibuprofen and paracetamol or Naproxen and would not offer any other relief. my recovery was hard (pain wise) long (Mr. Vathanan told me I’d be back to normal in a week, it took 6 weeks) and painful (Ibuprofen and paracetamol ? really?) and I did not feel heard afterwards, no follow up appointment was made, emails took days to return. I know he has done many great things for women with fertility issues, but he is not a specialist for severe endometriosis. I feel like he should be upfront and truthful about his expertise in this area. My surgery with dr.vathanan was less than 6 months ago, and it has spread aggressively, cysts are back, bowel is deeply affected (he told me he saw it but couldn’t remove it and surgery would be needed but not for at least a couple of years - my bowel is now adhered to my uterus with deep adhesions..), after getting my surgical notes, endo was left in due to complexity and that’s fine - but crucial information was not told to me about the surgery, about my particular case, and wrong information was given after the procedure. I do not recommend him for the treatment of endometriosis. I felt that as a private patient, I’m not sure why I paid £4000+ when i’ll once again be in surgery shortly (and a fairly lengthy one at that). I wish he had seen past the emotional side and realised I was suffering and took it seriously and wasn’t dismissive. I also wish I had researched the disease to the extent I have now, as I am more knowledgable so I have to take accountability for not researching for a specialist surgeon with more resources (by this I mean specialist have teams - bowel surgeon, Urologist and Pain Management Team to successfully treat hard cases) in dealing with this chronic disease.