Standardized gastroplasty orifice.
Consistent weight reduction by gastroplasty requires precise construction of an appropriately sized stoma that will not dilate. The technique described constructs such a stoma around a 32 French Hurst dilator with an external ring of Silastic tubing over polypropylene suture.
D004106:Dilatation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques