ABCD: Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (Jan 2015)

TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY

  • Almino Cardoso RAMOS,
  • Eduardo Lemos de Souza BASTOS,
  • Manoela Galvão RAMOS,
  • Nestor Tadashi Suguitani BERTIN,
  • Thales Delmondes GALVÃO,
  • Raphael Torres Figueiredo de LUCENA,
  • Josemberg Marins CAMPOS

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-6720201500S100018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. suppl 1
pp. 65 – 68

Abstract

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Background : The vertical gastrectomy indications for surgical treatment of morbid obesity have increased worldwide. Despite this increase, many aspects of surgical technique still remains in controversy. Aim : To contribute presenting surgical details in order to better realize the vertical gastrectomy technique in bariatric surgery. Methods : Technical systematization, patient preparation, positioning of the trocars, operative technique and postoperative care are presented in details. Results : During 12 months were enrolled 120 patients undergoing GV according to the technique described herein. The results are published in another ABCD article (ABCD 2015;28(Supl.1):61-64) in this same volume and number. Conclusion : The surgical technique proposed here presented itself viable and facilitating the surgeon's work on difficult points of the vertical gastrectomy.

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