| Literature DB >> 19847575 |
Roberto M Tacchino1, Francesco Greco, Daniele Matera.
Abstract
Single-incision laparoscopic surgery has been developed with the aims of further reducing the invasiveness of traditional laparoscopy. The technique of lap-band placement from a single intraumbilical incision is described. Three patients underwent a single-incision laparoscopic surgery gastric banding (SILS-GB) for morbid obesity from May to September 2008. All interventions were uneventful and patients were discharged on first postoperative day, after an upper gastrointestinal series. SILS-GB is virtually scarless intervention and may be performed as a day-surgery procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19847575 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9908-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129