well thats strange unless its something he's just started to .
On my 1st consultation he goes into details why he sews rather than staples and also says all this on the paper work i was given.Also when i was seen by the anethestiast he checked 1st weather it was mr dextor or mike mcmahon who was doing it ,because he said the op would take slightly longer due to prof mcmahon hand sewing my stomache.
shows everyones experiences do differ......
michelle7272
My surgeon told me that nobody sews the actual bit to make the stomach smaller. Everyone uses staples. The bit they're referring to when they say they sew rather than staple, is the bit of the intestine that they reconnect to the new pouch.
He said, you can't sew instead of use staples, because there is too high a risk of the sutures coming undone and causing lots of problems, so nobody does it.