See new thread titled Pars Flaccida Anyone? or click on:

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/showthread.php?p=237513#post237513

I'm not sure Donna... but I think the stitch technique discussion is probably more well known here as the Perigastric vs. the Pars Flaccida technique.

I don't hear many surgeons using the "Proximal Stitch" terminology and it's not on the Lap-Band-related medical records I've read.

This might jump-start discussions on this issue.

Happy Band (And Life) Journeys To All...

Thanks NewSho - I'll try re-posting with that terminology.

Donna,

I can't comment on the proximal stitch portion of your comments, but I can comment on the physicians. I certainly have worked with enough of them and have had my fair share of egos the size of Texas.

Personally, I think that part of their training teaches them to have so much confidence in themselves that it translates into these super-size egos. No, I'm not saying that they have classes to teach arrogance. But I do know that they are preached to about not admitting errors and being confidant, knowing their stuff, etc. They start competing against each other as early as college (pre-med), it continues in med school and goes on into their internships and residency. Once they're into their own practices they think they've conquered the world. They have, haven't they? LOL

As angry as some of them have made me, I have to bite my tongue and take them with a grain of salt. Arguing with them seems to only make those egos pump up and get ready for a fight.