DrWatkins

Hello,

Though we've done our ninth plication surgery, I've been stitching the stomach with the same exact stitches in the same exact way since 1991 in thousands of patients. So I did not require any additional training to do the procedure. It is a new procedure and the things we will learn over time are things like the ideal size bougie and how tight to make the stiches, etc. These are items that all surgeons will learn over time, but in terms of how we do the surgery, I've been doing that since 1991. Also, since Dr. Cottam in Salt Lake City had done a few procedures and I had as well, I observed him do a case so we could compare notes on this new procedure.

Brad Watkins MD