Originally Posted by LisaBoston

My doctor has much more experience doing the open procedure. Plus I knew that I would want a panni after and they have to cut for that...so I opted to have open. He can also have a little look around when he is in there. I know my doctor is doing the lap procedure on some...usually light weights and a select group. The surgery time is longer for lap, therefore he can't do as many and with the 3+ year wait time for surgeries, and him doing 3-6 per week, cutting down on surgeries would not be a good thing.