TY - JOUR
AU - Devitt, P
AB - Correspondence The second point concerns the method of cutting the tissue once lntragastric balloons for morbid obesity the instrument has been ‘Bred’. Figure I shows the tissue being cut flush on the instrument with a scalpel. If the tissue is divided in this Sir manner, the distance between the edge of the tissue and the row of Mathus-Vliegen and Tytgat (Br J Surg 1980; 77: 76-9) state that staples which hold the purse string is minimal and the staples can ultimately surgery may be required for the treatment of morbid obesity dislodge easily. It is safer to divide the tissue with a pair of scissors but that it may not be feasible because of the high risks. It is time that and leave several millimetres between the free end and the row of surgery in this condition was put into perspective. There is no staples. non-surgical treatment which will produce effective and sustained As the authors state, the present instrument is rather bulky and a weight loss in this intractable disease. The risks of gastroplasty in much smaller one will be needed for the high intrathoracic oesophageal experienced hands are no greater than that of cholecystectomy with anastomosis. Mason 
TI - Technique for temporary purse-string suture
JO - British Journal of Surgery
DO - 10.1002/bjs.1800771139
DA - 1990-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/technique-for-temporary-purse-string-suture-dcmBBezynA
SP - 1313
EP - 1313
VL - 77
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -