Doc R. and the ASBS

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Theresa,

First of all - the ASBS won't be able to stop him from performing the

MGB - the billroth loop (did I get thet right folks?) has been around

for about a century. I do believe that it would take a government

decision (like the FDA) to stop him from doing the MGB (and that is

highly unlikely). I am sure his competition would like to be able to

do that but they can't. What he is doing is presenting his results -

some of fellow surgeons don't believe that Doc. R. can get the

results

he does (faster, better and cheaper - not like NASA, Doc R. is

successful). Hopefully he will get some surgeons interested in what

he is doing so they will be interested in learning. He will also

recieve a lot of flack. Medicine, like all the sciences is a very

conservative field and major breakthroughs are usually held quite

cynically until the evidence is overwhelmingly in its favor. (I

know,

I work with a bunch of Physicists, oy!) As Doc R. always tells me,

" relax. "

-Ginny Ivanoff

mgb: 3/1/00

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