Surgeons complete first single-incision lap-band surgery in Texas
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 08:35
in Health & Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Centre surgeons have completed the first single-incision Lap-Band weight-loss surgery in Texas. Rather than the traditional five small incisions used for traditional laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, surgeons used a single 8-centimetre incision, reducing future scarring and accelerating healing...
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