LAUSR.org creates dashboard-style pages of related content for over 1.5 million academic articles. Sign Up to like articles & get recommendations!

Use of the magnetic compression technique in sleeve gastrectomy: a preliminary study

Photo from wikipedia

total, 20 male New Zealand white rabbits (2.5–3.5 kg) To the Editor: Obesity is becoming a worldwide health issue, and the prevalence of obesity continues to [1,2] were obtained from… Click to show full abstract

total, 20 male New Zealand white rabbits (2.5–3.5 kg) To the Editor: Obesity is becoming a worldwide health issue, and the prevalence of obesity continues to [1,2] were obtained from the Experimental Animal Center, increase. Body weight reduction is one of the effective measures to solve this problem; however, only a small number of obese patients succeed in controlling their body weight without intervention. Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is widely performed in obese patients for its excellent surgical result and easy surgical procedures. Unfortunately, stomach leakage may cause severe consequences, such as infection and death, although the incidence rate of this complication is 2.4%.

Keywords: compression technique; magnetic compression; gastrectomy; sleeve gastrectomy; use magnetic; technique sleeve

Journal Title: Chinese Medical Journal
Year Published: 2020

Link to full text (if available)


Share on Social Media:                               Sign Up to like & get
recommendations!

Related content

More Information              News              Social Media              Video              Recommended



                Click one of the above tabs to view related content.