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<p>A retrospective study analyzed the complications in 186 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). One hundred eighty-four patients were operated on at the University Hospital Centre of Albacete between May 2006 and September 2022. Two patients with early postoperative complications received surgical treatment in other centers. The overall postoperative complication rate (including GERD) was 13.9%. Ten patients (5.38%) had complications in the early postoperative period. In 4 cases (2.15%), there was stapler-line leakage. Abdominal bleeding associated with hemoperitoneum occurred in four patients (2.15%) immediately after the surgery due to bleeding from the suture line. In the long-term follow-up, two patients (1.08%) had gastric tube strictures requiring endoscopic pneumatic balloon dilation (EPBD). Fourteen patients (7.53%) presented with de novo Gastroesophageal Reflux, of whom 7 (3.76%) required revision surgery to Laparoscopic Rouxen-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB). Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, in our experience, is a secure bariatric procedure with a low rate of morbidity and mortality, both post-surgical and long-term.</p>
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A retrospective study analyzed the complications in 186 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). One hundred eighty-four patients were operated on at the University Hospital Centre of Albacete between May 2006 and September 2022. Two patients with early postoperative complications received surgical treatment in other centers. The overall postoperative complication rate (including GERD) was 13.9%. Ten patients (5.38%) had complications in the early postoperative period. In 4 cases (2.15%), there was stapler-line leakage. Abdominal bleeding associated with hemoperitoneum occurred in four patients (2.15%) immediately after the surgery due to bleeding from the suture line. In the long-term follow-up, two patients (1.08%) had gastric tube strictures requiring endoscopic pneumatic balloon dilation (EPBD). Fourteen patients (7.53%) presented with de novo Gastroesophageal Reflux, of whom 7 (3.76%) required revision surgery to Laparoscopic Rouxen-Y Gastric Bypass (LRYGB). Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, in our experience, is a secure bariatric procedure with a low rate of morbidity and mortality, both post-surgical and long-term.

Complications After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Series of 186 Patients

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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A retrospective study analyzed the complications in 186 patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). One hundred eighty-four patients were...

Complications After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Series of 186 Patients

Publié en ligne: 10 août 2023

Pages: 33 - 38

Reçu: 17 janv. 2023

Accepté: 15 juin 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2023-0004

Mots clés
laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, complications, leakage, bleeding, gastric stenosis

© 2023 Toni I. Stoyanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Complications After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Series of 186 Patients

Publié en ligne: 10 août 2023

Pages: 33 - 38

Reçu: 17 janv. 2023

Accepté: 15 juin 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbcr-2023-0004

Mots cléslaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, complications, leakage, bleeding, gastric stenosis

© 2023 Toni I. Stoyanov et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, complications, leakage, bleeding, gastric stenosis