I had stitches on both sides of my PEG because I had two small incisions about a quarter of an inch from the main incision from when they put it in, but they were not actually stitched to the PEG. I had my PEG put in using Xray and they didn't go through my mouth for anything. My stitches dissolved or something after a couple of weeks. I have the balloon on the inside of my stomach holding it in and a round bumper on the outside.