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01-04-2019 | Sleeve Gastrectomy

2019 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 3–6 April 2019: Resident Fellow Session Abstracts

Published in: Surgical Endoscopy | Special Issue 1/2019

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Introduction: The objective of this study was to examine the safety of bariatric surgery with concurrent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). Patients with obesity are at increased risk of gallstone disease and at an even higher risk after bariatric surgery due to sudden weight loss. Although prophylactic cholecystectomy is seldom performed concurrently with bariatric surgery, in patients with gallstone disease, there is debate on the timing of cholecystectomy and whether it should be performed concurrently with bariatric surgery. Previous studies have demonstrated safety with concurrent bariatric surgery and LC. …
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Title
2019 Scientific Session of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 3–6 April 2019: Resident Fellow Session Abstracts
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Surgical Endoscopy / Issue Special Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0930-2794
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2218
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-019-06705-1

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