Need to lose weight? Install a stomach pump
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Various approaches toward surgical weight-loss (Photo: National Institutes of Health)
The AspireAssist stomach tube and port installed in a patient's stomach and abdominal wall (Photo: Aspire Bariatrics)
A new approach to surgical weight-loss installs a self-operated stomach pump (Photo: Shutterstock)
Article Summary
There's good news and bad news in the fight against morbid obesity. The good news is that there is a new approach to surgical weight-loss which is far less invasive than conventional operations. The bad news is how it works.
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