Open AccessIs 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 -
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.