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| May 26, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2009 NewsRX. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

2003 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertical gastroplasty is an effective surgical procedure for the treatment of morbidly obese patients.

According to a study from the United States, "Gastroplasty was originally developed to simplify gastric reduction operations for the treatment of obesity and thereby avoid complications peculiar to bypasses. Lessons learned from gastric bypass about pouch and outlet size increased in importance with gastroplasty. An extensive literature exists that requires careful reading to understand the technical causes of excessively high re-operation rates."

"Much of the recent decline in the use of gastroplasty followed…

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