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PLICATURE GASTRIQUE [2 records]

Record 1 2025-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Medical Imaging
  • The Stomach
CONT

Endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is a minimally invasive weight loss procedure that uses an endoscopic suturing (stitching) device to reduce the stomach's size and volume by about 70%. ... For the right candidate, ESG may be a less invasive alternative to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Both procedures reduce the stomach size, but [laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy] does so by removing part of the stomach, while ESG uses stitches to bring folds of the stomach together like an accordion (similar to sewing a dart to tailor clothing).

Key term(s)
  • endo-sleeve

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Imagerie médicale
  • Estomac
Key term(s)
  • endo-sleeve

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • The Stomach
CONT

Gastric plication functions on the principal of folding the stomach into itself and using sutures, or stitches, to reduce [its] total volume, while gastric sleeve helps with weight loss by removing a part of your stomach and stapling the rest of it closed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Estomac

Spanish

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