Gastropulmonary fistula after bariatric surgery |
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| Authors: | Maya Doumit Gaby Doumit Farid M Shamji Sylvie Gregoire Richard E Seppala |
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| Affiliation: | Department of General Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Abstract: | The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common operations for morbid obesity. Although rare, gastropulmonary fistulas are an important complication of this procedure. There is only one recently reported case of this complication. The present report describes the serious nature of this complication in a patient after an uneventful laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. |
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| Keywords: | Argon plasma coagulation Gastropulmonary fistula Roux-en-Y gastric bypass Tiessel fibrin glue |
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