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Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy using a synthetic bioabsorbable staple line reinforcement material: Post-operative complications and 6 year outcomes

BACKGROUND: Gastric leak after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a serious complication. Currently, the literature lacks long-term outcomes in LSG and leak rates after reinforcement of the staple line. The aims are two-fold: to present leak rates from using staple line reinforcement and six y...

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Autores principales: Saleh, Mahdi, Cheruvu, Manikandar S., Moorthy, Krishna, Ahmed, Ahmed R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4995473/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27594992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2016.08.005