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Published in: Obesity Surgery 4/2015

01-04-2015 | Letter to the Editor

Positioning Trocars for Performing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Points of Controversy

Authors: Radwan Kassir, Patrice Lointier, Christophe Breton, Jean Gugenheim, Olivier Tiffet, Imed Ben Amor, Pierre Blanc

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 4/2015

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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 positioning trocars. …
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Metadata
Title
Positioning Trocars for Performing Sleeve Gastrectomy. Points of Controversy
Authors
Radwan Kassir
Patrice Lointier
Christophe Breton
Jean Gugenheim
Olivier Tiffet
Imed Ben Amor
Pierre Blanc
Publication date
01-04-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1440-6

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