Richard Nguyen Do's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Nguyen and his staff are amazing! I had a gastric sleeve in November of 2021. I have since lost 60+ lbs and have regained my confidence and added years to my life. I didn't meet the requirements for insurance to pay for my procedure so I paid out of pocket and it was worth every single penny. You can also finance your procedure with care credit. I'd do it again 1000x over. Dr. Nguyen and his team at Lifetime surgical took their time and answered all of my questions and concerns.I fully knew what to expect and any concerns I had were quickly resolved. If you are considering weight loss surgery, go get a consult at the very least. You won't regret it!

Summary----Condition: Inguinal HerniaInsurance: Anthem HMOFirst day of visit meeting Dr. Nguyen: 8/31/21Pre-Op: 9/17/21Op: 9/20/21After Op appointment: 9/28/21Full recovery: not yet but at 90% on 10/30/21DetailsDr Nguyen was my life saver! On 8/19/21, I reached to the medical group and complained about the previous surgeon, and then I looked up yelps, and found that my insurance and medical group will accept Dr Richard Nguyen, so I called his office and talked with Brooke, and she took some of my info and then confirmed they will take my insurance, and instructed me to contact my PCP to get referral, and I followed Brooke's instruction, contacted my PCP and obtained approval and the referral confirmation number, and then called back to Brooke, and she then confirmed I am all good and then I can meet with Dr Nguyen on 8/31/21, also Brooke gave me an estimation on how quick I could have the surgery, and actually quicker than expected.During the day of meeting with Dr Nguyen, he did a little physical examination, re-confirming that's an inguinal hernia, then we talked about the procedure, and Dr Nguyen answered all my questions, told me what complications I may face, and then how the pains will feel like, and what I will expect after the surgery, and how the after surgery appointment will look like. On the same day, Brooke out there in her office, confirmed which hospital will take my insurance, and got all the paperwork prepped, so she confirmed me the date of presurgery, and the date of surgery, and then I was all set. On pre-op, another lady I forgot her name, and she was very helpful as well, given me all the instructions and info about what are more likely to be happening after, and then with all the paperwork, I went to Good Sam for pre-surgery check ups. By the day of operation, I just waited until Dr Nguyen show up after checking in, then met with anesthesiologist, and just a few minutes, the nurses sent me to the op room, then after some little chatting, I found I woke up in a waiting room, without any zombie apocalypse happening, but with some pains on the wound sites, then nurse injected some pain control per my request, and I suggest you reader(s) wait after the first dose, because it seemed not working and I requested the nurse to inject another, and that thing kept me wanna puke for like 5+ more hours!!!!Suggestions before and after surgeryLose as much weight as possible because you don't want your small intestines overworked and expanded when that dropped out from the hernia, and by losing weights, your tummy will have more spaces for laparoscopic, and no need for open surgery.Prepare more fiber supplement products, stool softener, lax, chia seed as supplement, and then magnesium citrate as last resort if no bowel movement after 2-3 days. First 2 weeks, don't even do morning body stretches! By the fourth week of me, I felt I started back in one piece, and by the end of the 5th week, I could feel like 85%, and now is the end of the 6th week, and I am feeling like 90%Just keep in minds, don't overdo. What happened before I got the care by Dr Nguyen - belowI was with first confirmed inguinal hernia on 7/1/21, referred to a mandarin surgeon across valley fair, extremely rude the receptionist there, kept delaying my treatment, and then messed with the scheduling and picked the hospital not taking my insurance, and I asked to get update while they were getting approval from medical group, and then I was told they (across valley fair) would not give update! And that's the turning point for me to move on and looked for Dr Nguyen even I might have to wait a bit longer! I wasn't regret to go to Dr Nguyen, and I am very satisfied with Dr Nguyen's and his teams' attitude, and helps on my conditions!

Dr Nguyen stitched my son's eyebrow closed afterwards split it open on a park bench. He was kind and supportive to my husband and myself. He listened to our concerns about scaring and infection. I was in the room the entire time with my son and Dr Nguyen talked to my son throughout the procedure. He even had a popsicle ready for him afterwards. The scar healed beautifully and only myself and my husband can see it.

Excellent care by Dr Nguyen, he is a fantastic surgeon and truly cares for his patients. I highly recommend him for laparoscopic surgery. Thank you Dr!

Do not go to this surgeon!! I had a Nissen Fundoplication with a hiatal hernia repair with robotics assistance by Dr. Richard Nyugen on 02/26/2020. After 1 week after I was off the pain medication I felt severe chronic pain in my left side of my shoulder and neck. which now I believe to be from the sutures he tightened so tightly in my crus of my diaphragm. The pain was so bad!! I went to the emergency room over 30 times maybe more in 2020 after this horrible surgery. He told me I will be able to swallow food normally again after six weeks. BS!!! I lost 35 pounds in course of six months because I couldn’t swallow without feeling like the food was stuck in my chest and my throat. Finally after going through numerous testing from specialist at UCLA and Keck of USC Dr. John Lipham performed a take down in September 2020 after telling me that I never needed this surgery in the first place. I trusted Dr. Nyugen and he failed me.

I was seen at Good Samaritan ER with severe abdominal pain. I was treated and referred to Dr. Nguyen for follow up care. I was very impressed. He knew all of my lab result and X-ray findings. He did an excellent exam and answered all of my questions. I would recommend him highly.

This guy did a colon resection on my daughter. Post surgical her anastomoses leaked and she became very ill. He hospitalized her for pain control and "drug seeking behavior." He ignored her complaints and worsening condition, ignoring nursing's calls, refusing to do the basic diagnostics that would have shown she was in dire condition. His documentation claims exams he did not perform. When she finally lost consciousness and a mini code was called he responded. She had emergent surgery late on a Sunday night. But that wasn't the end of our troubles with this dr. He continued to ignore her complaints of continuing and worsening pain, again neglecting to do the diagnostics which would have shown she had multiple abscesses and pleural effusions. After a few days of requesting additional physician involvement he finally relented. He nearly killed my daughter with his arrogant neglect and indifference.

Dr Nguyen and his staff are wonderful! Honestly probably my best experience at any medical office, ever. The office itself is beautiful, tastefully decorated and very clean. The staff are all SO nice, friendly and helpful. I never waited even 10 min to be seen, and was never in the office longer than a half hour total. Extremely professional, knowledgeable and honest about what to expect and great at explaining complicated medical issues in simple, every day terms. I wish Dr. Nguyen could be my GP! I'm sad to go! Again, wonderful staff, doctor and facility, would HIGHLY recommend!!

Dr. Nguyen offers LINX ®, a new laparoscopic procedure to treat GERD. This procedure involves a string of metal beads that are drawn together by a magnet. When this string is placed around the lower esophagus, the magnet pulls the beads together and closes off the esophagus from the stomach.

I just had my last post op with Dr. Nguyen for my bowel resection surgery. I had gone to the ER and found out I had an obstruction caused by adhesions via endometriosis. The hospital wanted to do surgery right then but I wanted to do some research. I looked at so many reviews and talked to multiple drs about this. I knew I wanted a minimal invasive surgery too. I had a great consultation with Dr. Nguyen, who talked me through each step (best case to worst case scenario). I felt completely comfortable talking to Dr. Nguyen and more importantly having him as my surgeon. He is a very caring doctor and very happy I did my research. I also have to say how sweet and helpful all the staff is, all 3 of the women there are wonderful and so easy to talk to. The office was nice and clean with great covid protocols as well. Not that I ever want to get surgery again but if I had to, I'd know where to go.