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A Simple Band for Gastric Banding
1Allamanda Hospital, Southport, Queensland, 4215, Australia.
Obesity Surgery
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
The author has noted that flexible gastric bands have occasionally stenosed the gastric stoma or allowed it to dilate. A band was developed using a soft outer silicone rubber tube over a holding mechanism made out of a nylon cable tie passed within the silicone tube. This simple, easily applied band is rigid, resisting scar contracture and dilatation.