Giuseppe S. Sica, MD, PhD, Marco D’Eletto, MD, Cristina Fiorani, MD, Andrea Divizia, MD, Paolo Gentileschi, MD, Domenico Benavoli, MD, Manfredi Tesauro, MD, PhD, Achille L. Gaspari, MD Department of General Surgery, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy (all authors). ABSTRACT Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a safe and effective bariatric surgery procedure. Leaks […]
Minal Joshi, MD, Krystyna Kabata, PA-C, Srikanth Earhiraju, MD, Michael Baek, MD, Piotr J. Gorecki, MD Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has a potential for long-term complications. We report a case of LAGB slippage with extensive gastric necrosis managed with emergent
Florian Primavesi, MD, Tarkan Ja ̈ger, MD, Michael Baschata, MD, Dietmar Ofner, MD, MAS, MSc, FACSDepartment of Surgery, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Surgery for morbid obesity is constantly gaining popularity around the world, and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is among the most accepted standard procedures. Lately, growing evidence for long-term
