Obesity Surgery Performed Through Vagina, U.S. First
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 23:28
in Health & Medicine
Surgeons have performed the nation's first gastrectomy, a partial removal of the stomach, through the vagina. This new "natural orifice" technique may be an attractive alternative for the 200,000 U.S. patients who undergo surgery for the treatment of obesity each year.