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vertical banded gastropathy - anuraj_81
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10-27-2008, 06:44 AM
It's surgery for treatment of morbid obesity.When is it indicated?
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10-27-2008, 08:06 AM
VBG is an old prcedure. Not done much nowadays. Gastric bypass or laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are the surgical treatments of morbid obesity (bmi >35 with comorbidities or bmi>40)
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10-29-2008, 12:02 AM
Good dauda
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