Plication: How apt in application?

Resummation in Qcd Fractional Analytic Resummation in Qcd Fractional Analytic Perturbation Theory

We describe the generalization of Analytic Perturbation Theory (APT) for QCD observables, initiated by Radyushkin, Krasnikov, Pivovarov, Shirkov, and Solovtsov, to fractional powers of coupling — Fractional APT (FAPT). The basic aspects of FAPT are shortly summarized. We describe how to treat heavy-quark thresholds in FAPT and then show how to resum perturbative series in both the one-loop APT ...

Comparison of roux-en-y gastric bypass techniques with and without distal gastric plication in patients with morbid obesity

Laparoscopic Greater Curve Plication as an Outpatient Weight Loss Procedure

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopic greater curve plication is emerging as a weight loss procedure that avoids many of the complications of other surgeries that require gastrointestinal division, amputation, or use of a foreign body. Cost savings and affordability have also been promoted, as plication does not require the use of stapling devices, adjustable gastric bands, or prolonged hospit...

Effect of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication on the Blood Protein Profile of Obese Subjects Using Shotgun Proteomics

Introduction: Nowadays, bariatric surgery is considered to be the most effective technique in the treatment of morbid obesity. In the current study, the effect of Laparoscopic Gastric Plication (LGP), a new technique, on the serum protein profile of obese patients has been investigated following surgery. Materials and Methods: Serum of 16 obese subjects with mean body mass index (BMI) of 41.2±5...

Peyronie’s penile plication

Penile plication has become the preferred surgical technique for Peyronie's disease (PD) as it can be performed efficiently, safely, with a high success rate, low morbidity and a low complication rate. Here in we describe two modern plication techniques in detail: the Kiels Knot plication and the minimally invasive penoscrotal plication. Benefits of the techniques include no palpable sutures fo...