01-01-2015 | Video Submission
Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve, Subtotal Antrectomy and Omentoplasty
Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2015
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Sleeve-forming gastrectomy (SFG) is the operation to make a gastric sleeve (GS). The video presents the subtotal removal of the antrum and the use of sliding self-locking stitch and Aberdeen knots as suture reinforcement with omentoplasty of the GS staple line with the aim of decreasing bleeding and leaks.