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  2. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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    When removal of a polyurethane band is involved (polyurethane was predominantly used in the 1980s and 90s), it likely has built substantial scar tissue that must also be removed, depending on how long since the VBG took place. Removal of the staples involves stitching back together the previously separated parts of the stomach.

  3. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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    Surgical staples are specialized staples used in surgery in place of sutures to close skin wounds or to resect and/or connect parts of an organ (e.g. bowels, stomach or lungs). The use of staples over sutures reduces the local inflammatory response, width of the wound, and time it takes to close a defect. [1] A more recent development, from the ...

  4. Appendectomy - Wikipedia

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    Over the 2010s, surgical practice has increasingly moved towards routinely offering laparoscopic appendicectomy; for example in the United Kingdom over 95% of adult appendicectomies are planned as laparoscopic procedures. [3] Laparoscopy is often used if the diagnosis is in doubt, or in order to leave a less visible surgical scar.

  5. Gastric bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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    This conference, composed of physicians and scientists of both surgical and non-surgical disciplines, reached several conclusions, including: bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for morbid obesity; gastric bypass is one of four types of operations for morbid obesity; laparoscopic surgery is equally effective and as safe as open ...

  6. Instruments used in general surgery - Wikipedia

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    There are many different surgical specialties, some of which require very specific kinds of surgical instruments to perform.. General surgery is a specialty focused on the abdominal contents, as well as the thyroid gland, and diseases involving skin, breasts, various soft tissues, trauma, peripheral vascular disease, hernias, and endoscopic procedures.

  7. Teacher Who Got Pregnant After Raping Boy, 12, Gets 25 ... - AOL

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    A former Tennessee teacher who got pregnant after raping a 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with no parole. On Dec. 20, Alissa McCommon, 39, of Covington ...

  8. List of instruments used in otorhinolaryngology, head and ...

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    to depress or remove the tongue or other structures from the field of inspection or to view them from all sides; examine oral cavity; posterior rhinoscopy; minor operations; foreign body removal; biopsy ;peritonsillar abscess drainage; retraction of cheek and lip. Forceps: to hold things [3] •Asch's septum forceps: used to work on the nasal ...

  9. ‘No one should have to be fighting cancer and insurance at ...

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    Instead of being able to calmly focus on her chemotherapy treatment, Arete Tsoukalas had to spend hours on the phone arguing with her insurer while receiving infusions in the hospital.