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Data from C. Vassallo and colleagues advance knowledge in obesity

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, November 5th, 2007

Fresh data on obesity are presented in the report 'The super-magenstrasse and mill operation with pyloroplasty: preliminary results.' " Our strategy for performing various types of bariatric operations in order to make them suitable for the individual morbidly obese patient, has led us to take into account the original Magenstrasse and Mill (M&M) operation and modify it.This resulted in the so-called Super-Magenstrasse and Mill with pyloroplasty (SM&M-P). In the past 3 years, 34 patients with mean BMI 48 and mean age 43 years underwent the SM&MP operation for morbid obesity," scientists in Pavia, Italy report.

"A digitoclasic pyloroplasty was performed and a 36-Fr...

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