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Is histopathological examination of sleeve gastrectomy specimens necessary in areas endemic for gastric cancer?

Author(s) -

Santosh Anand,

Raja Kalayarasan,

Sandip Chandrasekar,

Pazhanivel Mohan,

Biju Pottakkat,

Senthil Gnanasekaran

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

the national medical journal of india

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 41

ISSN - 0970-258X

DOI - 10.4103/0970-258x.275346

Subject(s) - medicine , histopathological examination , gastroenterology , endoscopy , physical examination , helicobacter pylori , histopathology , gastritis , gastrectomy , cancer , pathology

The value of histopathological examination of a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) specimen in areas endemic for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) and gastric cancer is not known. We assessed the histopathological findings of LSG specimens to determine whether routine histopathological examination of these would be useful in patients with normal preoperative upper gastrointestinal endoscopy findings in an area endemic for gastric cancer.

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