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01-01-2019 | Letter to the Editor

Pancreatic Tail Bleeding and Leakage After Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with High Body Mass Index: a Case Report

Authors: Masood Amini, Reza Dehghani, Afshin Zare

Published in: Obesity Surgery | Issue 1/2019

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Nowadays, sleeve gastrectomy is being chosen by many bariatric surgery teams [1]. In this surgery, leakage is the most common complication [2]. This problem can extend the time patients stay in the hospital and as a result, increase the cost of hospitalization [3] (https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/economic-impact-of-anastomotic-leaks-in-bariatric-procedures-in-the-usa-2005-2009/). The newest studies have showed 1 to 5% leak rate in bariatric procedures (https://www.sages.org/meetings/annual-meeting/abstracts-archive/economic-impact-of-anastomotic-leaks-in-bariatric-procedures-in-the-usa-2005-2009/). The most frequent leakage site is staple-line [4]. …

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Title: Pancreatic Tail Bleeding and Leakage After Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with High Body Mass Index: a Case Report
Authors: Masood Amini
Reza Dehghani
Afshin Zare
Publication date: 01-01-2019
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Obesity Surgery / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0960-8923
Electronic ISSN: 1708-0428
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3586-0

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