TRANSESOPHAGEAL GASTRIC REDUCTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE SIZE OF A PREVIOUSLY FORMED GASTRIC REDUCTION POUCH
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Jun 26, 2014
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Dec 24, 2012
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Feb 10, 2006
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A gastric reduction pouch of a stomach is formed by gathering stomach tissue circumferentially from within the stomach to form a reduced diameter stomach section. A plurality of fasteners are deployed within the gathered stomach tissue to maintain the reduced diameter stomach portion. The gathering step may include folding the stomach tissue to produce a plurality of stomach tissue folds. A device is disclosed that is particularly adapted to permit such gastric reduction of a previously formed gastric reduction pouch.
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