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A laparoscopic Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty is performed in the same way as an open surgery. The most commonly encountered difficulty is recognition of the pyloric muscle through the scope.
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Namir Katkhouda, MD
Professor of Surgery Vice Chairman for Clinical Affairs Chief, Division of General and Laparoscopic Surgery Director, Bariatric Surgery Program
University of Southern California
Keck School of Medicine Department of Surgery
1510 San Pablo St. Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Katkhouda, N. (2011). Gastric Surgery. In: Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74843-4_6
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