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01-08-2018 | Video Submission
Sleeve Gastrectomy with Ligamentum Teres Cardiopexy
Authors:
Chih-Kun Huang, Michelle Bernadette C. Lim-Loo, Emmanuel S. Astudillo, Ming Chen Hsin
Published in:
Obesity Surgery
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Issue 8/2018
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Excerpt
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is now the most commonly done surgical bariatric procedure [
1] due to technical simplicity and favorable weight loss outcomes. However, there have been reports of increased severity and prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) [
2,
3]. Proposed theories for this adverse effect include decreased lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure, presence of new hiatal hernia and intrathoracic sleeve migration [
2,
4‐
14]. …