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Type: Journal article
Title: Hand-assisted laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty. Initial report
Author: Watson, D.
Game, P.
Citation: Surgical Endoscopy: surgical and interventional techniques, 1997; 11(12):1218-1220
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Issue Date: 1997
ISSN: 0930-2794
1432-2218
Abstract: Laparoscopic approaches to surgery for morbid obesity offer to reduce the morbidity associated with conventional weight reduction surgery. This paper describes a hand-assisted laparoscopic technique for vertical banded gastroplasty, a method which shortens and simplifies the laparoscopic approach to this established open surgical procedure.
Keywords: Omentum
Abdominal Muscles
Stomach
Humans
Obesity, Morbid
Weight Loss
Laparoscopy
Dissection
Electrocoagulation
Gastroplasty
Diet
Follow-Up Studies
Laparoscopes
Surgical Staplers
Surgical Mesh
Female
Male
DOI: 10.1007/s004649900574
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004649900574
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