Open AccessSLEEVE GASTRECTOMY
Author(s) -
Muhammad Jawed,
Muhammad Iqbal Khan,
Ubedullah Shaikh,
Pervez Iqbal,
Shazia Ubed Shaikh
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.01.1409
Subject(s) - medicine , sleeve gastrectomy , surgery , weight loss , body mass index , general surgery , multidisciplinary team , gastric bypass , obesity , nursing
Objective:-The aim of our work is to present Experience of Sleeve Gastrectomyat Centre of Bariatric Surgery of Dow University of Health Sciences. Methods: All patients wereassessed multidisciplinary team before operation. Indications for LSG were BMI 35kg/m2 withcomorbidites and BMI >40kg/m2 without comorbidities. Standard surgical technique adapted.Gastric division by a cutting stapler. The whole staple line was observed for bleeding and testedfor leak. Results: Total 10 patients were studied of which were four males and six females,Median age of was 40 years. Pre-operative median BMI was 52.2kg/m2 (range from 46 to 61kg/m2). Median post-operative BMI of 9 months was 34.33kg/m2 (range from 28 to 40). Out of10 patients, observed complications of bleeding was seen in one case and wound infectionoccurred in 2 cases. Conclusions: Considerable weight loss observed in LSG.