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 ...

To evaluate the outcome of the long-term follow-up in patients who underwent corporoplasty-straightening treatment for Peyronie’s disease. Between 1990 and 2012, a total of 89 patients underwent ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

"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 ...

Weight loss surgery in both the U.S. and abroad has become a last-resort for those who are attempting to combat obesity, and feel it is the only option left to regain control of their weight and ...

Laparoscopic gastric plication reduces the size of the stomach to limit food intake. It is carried out using keyhole surgery through several (usually five or six) small cuts in the abdomen (belly). It ...

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 ...