A simple technique for laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty - The JOVO procedure

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-92

  Joffe, Jacobo ^a,b   Voitk, Andrus ^a  

^a Salvation Army Scarborough Grace H   (Canada)

^b Salvation Army Scarborough Grace H ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Gastroplasty; JOVO procedure; Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty; MacLean modification; Morbid obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROPLASTY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STAPLER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROPLASTY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; SATIATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0035011019     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000050106     Document Type: Article

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