A Simple Trick to Prevent VOMIT After Sleeve Gastrectomy

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Victim of medical imaging technologies (VOMIT) is a term coined by a pediatric neurosurgeon to describe anxiety-inducing false-positive results on radiologic imaging [1]. Morbidly obese patients have a low functional physiological reserve that constrains to a fast diagnostic work-up, and an aggressive and early treatment of potential complications [2]. Upper gastrointestinal contrast study (UGI) is a useful modality to detect functional and surgical complications after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) [3]. However, in some cases, the residual gastric tube is floppy, and the findings are hard to interpret. In this paper, we present a simple trick which aims to prevent SG patients from suffering physically as well as mentally and from undergoing unnecessary further diagnostic interventions due to a false-positive UGI finding. …