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Published in: Obesity Surgery 3/2015

01-03-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Division of the Stomach and Checking Haemostasis for Performing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Points of Controversy

Authors: Radwan Kassir, Pierre Blanc, Imed Ben Amor, Patrice Lointier, Tarek Debs, Antonio Iannelli, Jean Gugenheim

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 3/2015

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Excerpt

Sleeve gastrectomy is not as straightforward as one might think and requires meticulous dissection and a number of operation principles [1]. There are many technical controversies which explain why there is no standardised technique in 2014 and the difficulty in interpreting published results. We discuss the controversial subject of the division of the stomach and checking haemostasis. …
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Metadata
Title
Division of the Stomach and Checking Haemostasis for Performing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Points of Controversy
Authors
Radwan Kassir
Pierre Blanc
Imed Ben Amor
Patrice Lointier
Tarek Debs
Antonio Iannelli
Jean Gugenheim
Publication date
01-03-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1439-z

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