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Standardized gastroplasty orifice.

H L Laws
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Abstract

Consistent weight reduction by gastroplasty requires precise construction of an appropriately sized stoma that will not dilate. The technique described constructs such a stoma around a 32 French Hurst dilator with an external ring of Silastic tubing over polypropylene suture.

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H L Laws. 1981. Standardized gastroplasty orifice.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(81)90206-3

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