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Department of General Surgery, Institute of Clinical Outcomes Research and, Education (iCORE), St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland., Aislinghogan@yahoo.comIssue Date
2012-02-01T10:34:41ZMeSH
*Electric Stimulation TherapyGastroparesis/etiology/*therapy
Humans
Obesity/*therapy
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Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2009 Apr;19(2):85-9.Journal
Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniquesDOI
10.1097/SLE.0b013e31819797b4PubMed ID
19390270Abstract
Advances in clinical applications of electricity have been vast since the launch of Hayman's first cardiac pacemaker more than 70 years ago. Gastric electrical stimulation devices have been recently licensed for treatment of gastroparesis and preliminary studies examining their potential for use in refractory obesity yield promising results.Language
engISSN
1534-4908 (Electronic)1530-4515 (Linking)
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1097/SLE.0b013e31819797b4
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