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Obesity Surgery
Published in: Obesity Surgery 6/2018

01-06-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Be Awake Before, During, and After a Bariatric Procedure

Authors: Tuna Bilecik, Faruk Karateke, Suleyman Cetinkunar, Tevfik Tolga Sahin

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 6/2018

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The annual incidence of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) has been observed to be higher in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery (0.6–0.8%) in comparison to general population (0.0006 to 0.0015%) as stated in the previous studies [1‐3]. Lack of clinical symptoms and findings on preoperative upper esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (EGD) makes its diagnosis difficult in bariatric population. As expected, this is not surprising considering that the tumors were found on the serosal side of the stomach without any mucosal involvement. It is likely that the GISTs would not have been diagnosed even if the patients have undergone routine EGD. …
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Title
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: Be Awake Before, During, and After a Bariatric Procedure
Authors
Tuna Bilecik
Faruk Karateke
Suleyman Cetinkunar
Tevfik Tolga Sahin
Publication date
01-06-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Obesity Surgery / Issue 6/2018
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3234-8

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