Laparoscopic gastric bypass in a porcine model.
Gastric bypass and vertical banded gastroplasty are the two procedures used most frequently in the treatment of morbid obesity. In a pilot study, we used a porcine model in which laparoscopic gastric stapling and Roux-en-Y gastrojejunostomy were accomplished.
Frantzides
C T
CT
Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
Carlson
M A
MA
Schulte
W J
WJ
D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D000818:Animals; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D013552:Swine