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Leak after vertical banded gastroplasty
1Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599.
Southern Medical Journal
|April 1, 1989
Summary
A patient experienced severe complications, including a stomach leak, after vertical banded gastroplasty. This required ten additional surgeries and a prolonged 135-day hospital stay for recovery.
Area of Science:
- Bariatric surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Surgical complications
Background:
- Morbid obesity presents significant health risks.
- Vertical banded gastroplasty is a bariatric procedure to aid weight loss.
- Postoperative complications can arise from gastrointestinal surgeries.