Endoscopic treatment of gastrocutaneous fistula following gastric bypass for obesity.

Autor: Mejía AF; Endoscopic Surgeon, Surgery for Obesity, Cali, Colombia. afmejia27@hotmail.com, Bolaños E, Chaux CF, Unigarro I
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Obesity surgery [Obes Surg] 2007 Apr; Vol. 17 (4), pp. 544-6.
DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9094-2
Abstrakt: Bariatric surgery, mainly laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, is widely considered to be the best operation for the treatment of morbid obesity. Leak or fistula of the gastrojejunostomy is a feared complication of this procedure. A patient who developed a gastrocutaneous fistula and was successfully managed endoscopically is reported.
Databáze: MEDLINE