Background: Sleeve gastrectomy is emerging as a popular option in bariatric surgery. Sleeve leak is a known complication of this procedure and many propose the use of endoluminal stents in the management of sleeve leaks. Stents also carry their own set of risks and complications. Methods: This is a case of a patient who underwent a sleeve gastrectomy and developed a postoperative leak. An attem...

Introduction: Laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is a relatively new restrictive bariatric procedure that emerged to avoid the problems and to reduce the cost of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. In this study we present the initial short-term outcome of LGP and its effect on gastric emptying and compare it with the results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). <stro...

Abstract Obesity is a major public health issue with various comorbidities. Sleeve gastrectomy has become popular treatment for obesity, but it carries the risk of complications, particularly staple line leakage. This case study focused on 32-year-old woman grade II obesity and hiatal hernia who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Four days after surgery, she presented abdominal pain, re...

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy has become one of the most popular bariatric surgery types and helps treating not only obesity but also endocrinological diseases related to obesity. Therefore we aimed to evaluate the effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on the treatment of type 2 diabetes. METHODS All patients, who underwent morbid obesity surgery during 2013-2014 and had a H...

INTRODUCTION Initially conceived as the first of two stages in operations such as gastric bypass or duodenal switch in high-risk patients, laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy has increasingly become the definitive procedure for treating obesity and its comorbidities. Although it is associated with excellent results and postoperative quality of life, a number of complications related to imp...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The vertical sleeve gastrectomy is a common bariatric procedure. The operation is relatively standard, but there are still variations among surgeons. The two main variations are bougie size and extent of distal resection. Some surgeons will start the gastric resection at 2 cm proximal to the pylorus, whereas others start at 6 cm. Our hypothesis is that there are anatom...

INTRODUCTION The 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is an objective preoperative measure of functional capacity and response to intervention in patients with heart or lung disease. In bariatric surgery, there has been no reliable preoperative measure predictive of postoperative success. Here we investigated the impact of bariatric surgery on changes in distance traveled in the 6MWT (the 6MWD) and whethe...

loss may result in nutritional deficiencies . Laparoscopic Sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is fewer nutritional sequelae. However, there is little LSG. This study aimed Thirty two morbidly obese, premenopausal women 12 months after LSG for: BMD by dual -ray absorptiometry, serum collagen-type I N telopeptide (NTX -terminal propetide of collagen type I (PINP) as markers of bone Twelve months after LSG,...