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Gastric operations in obesity surgery

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Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract

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Abstract

Gastric restriction surgery for obesity began in 1966 with the empirical use of gastric bypass, an analogue of Billroth H gastric resection (an operation that had the unwanted effect of causing patients with duodenal ulcer to remain below their desired weight). In order to simplify gastric restriction operations for severe obesity and to decrease their side effects, increase their safety, and improve lifelong weight control, the operation used today — vertical banded gastroplasty with a 5-cm circumference collar and a measured pouch averaging 13 ml — has evolved.

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  1. Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Edward E. Mason MD PhD FACS

  2. Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Cornelius Doherty MD FACS

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  1. Department of Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, University of Adelaide, 5000, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Glyn G. Jamieson FRACS, FACS (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery) (Dorothy Mortlock Professor of Surgery)

  2. University of California, 513 Parnassus Avenue, S-320, 94143-0104, San Francisco, California, USA

    Haile T. Debas MD (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine) (M. Galante Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine)

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Mason, E.E., Doherty, C. (1994). Gastric operations in obesity surgery. In: Jamieson, G.G., Debas, H.T. (eds) Surgery of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6621-6_65

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