News Nugget: New obesity surgery goes through the mouth
Posted Jun 04 2009 10:14pm
Instead of making cuts in the abdomen, a new kind of obesity surgery uses a tube as thick as a garden hose to go down patients’ throats to snap staples into the stomach. It’s an experimental, scar-free procedure that makes a narrow passage to slow food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower stomach, which helps patients eat less and feel full more quickly. Doctors say preliminary results look promising.
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Instead of making cuts in the abdomen, a new kind of obesity surgery uses a tube as thick as a garden hose to go down patients’ throats to snap staples into the stomach. It’s an experimental, scar-free procedure that makes a narrow passage to slow food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower stomach, which helps patients eat less and feel full more quickly. Doctors say preliminary results look promising.
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News Nugget: New obesity surgery goes through the mouth
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