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Stable Adjustable Band: All the adjustable gastric bands presently in the market are secured using gastro-gastric sutures. This leaves the band subject to movement. It is this method of band fixation that predisposes it to the twin complications of prolapse and pouch dilatation... (learn more) |
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Clustered Perforations Mesh: Prosthetic composite meshes currently used to repair hernias consist of a flat, continuous sheet of material that does not allow free drainage of fluids across this barrier. The relative impermeability accounts for the common complication of a "seroma," which is a fluid collection on the hernia side of the repair... (learn more) |
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Degassed Fluids: Three well recognized complications in clinical practice relate to the decompression of solutions where water is the solvent. The dissolved gases are release as bubbles that can potentially cause harm... (learn more) |
