Thanks to a reversible bariatric surgery called gastric plication, a 22-year-old girl lost 10 kg in less than a month. Her weight has now come down to 102 kg from 112 kg three weeks ago. The patient, ...

Tunica albuginea plication (TAP) surgery for Peyronie’s disease (PD) is classically described using nonabsorbable suture. Many patients are aware of nodularity at the suture sites (50–88%), and some ...

"We're not removing anything," said bariatric surgeon Dr. Stacy Brethauer, describing gastric plication surgery. "We're simply enfolding the stomach on itself." The stomach's sutured and becomes ...

Preliminary data indicate gastric plication could become a surgical option to help very obese individuals shed excess weight, but more study is needed, according to a report by Internal Medicine News.

The evidence on laparoscopic gastric plication for severe obesity raises no major safety concerns in the short term. There is inadequate evidence about safety in the long term, specifically with ...

Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, director of bariatric endoscopy fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital, explains the implications of her study on the effects of endoscopic gastric plication on liver ...

The choice of an ideal operation for complete rectal prolapse remains a perplexing problem for surgeons. We prefer longitudinal plication of the whole rectal wall through a perineal approach for all ...

A bariatric surgery is one that promotes weight loss by changing the digestive system’s anatomy, limiting the amount of food that can be eaten and digested. Struggling to lose weight with diabetes?

At Sulaimani Teaching Hospital (STH), we received 30 patients between the years 2005 and 2011. All had history of full-thickness rectal prolapse for at least 12 months period. The topography of the ...

2.1.1 Severe obesity is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 40 kg/m 2 or more, or between 35 kg/m 2 and 40 kg/m 2 in association with significant comorbidities such as hypertension or diabetes.