The use of over-the-scope clip in the treatment of persistent staple line leak after re-sleeve gastrectomy: Review of the literature | Zendy

Dimitrios Zacharoulis | Zendy; Konstantinos Perivoliotis | Zendy; Eleni Sioka | Zendy; Eleni Zachari | Zendy; Andreas Kapsoritakis | Zendy; Anastassios C. Manolakis | Zendy; George Tzovaras | Zendy

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The use of over-the-scope clip in the treatment of persistent staple line leak after re-sleeve gastrectomy: Review of the literature

Author(s) -

Dimitrios Zacharoulis,

Konstantinos Perivoliotis,

Eleni Sioka,

Eleni Zachari,

Andreas Kapsoritakis,

Anastassios C. Manolakis,

George Tzovaras

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of minimal access surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 0972-9941

pISSN - 1998-3921

DOI - 10.4103/jmas.jmas_245_16

Subject(s) - medicine , leak , sleeve gastrectomy , surgery , scope (computer science) , complication , gastrectomy , general surgery , gastric bypass , weight loss , programming language , cancer , environmental engineering , computer science , engineering , obesity

Staple line leak after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is a severe complication associated with increased mortality rates and the potential need for reoperation. We report the successful management of a re-SG staple line leak with the use of an endoscopic over-the-scope clip.

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