Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy for Staple Line Leaks after Sleeve Gastrectomy

Rami Archid,D Wichmann,Wilfried Klingert,Giorgi Nadiradze,Felix Hönes,Nicole Archid,Ahmed E. Othman,Suhaib J.S. Ahmad,Alfred Königsrainer,Jessica Lange

Endoscopic Vacuum Therapy for Staple Line Leaks after Sleeve Gastrectomy

2019

Rami Archid
D Wichmann
Wilfried Klingert
Giorgi Nadiradze
Felix Hönes
Nicole Archid
Ahmed E. Othman
Suhaib J.S. Ahmad
Alfred Königsrainer
Jessica Lange

Purpose Management of staple line leaks (SLL) after sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is challenging. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel endoscopic vacuum therapy (EVT) modality in the management of sleeve leaks.

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General surgery
Sleeve gastrectomy
Medicine
Surgery
outcome measures
treatment strategy
Lumen (anatomy)
endoscopic treatment
staple line

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