TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY

• Autor(a) principal: RAMOS,Almino Cardoso
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: BASTOS,Eduardo Lemos de Souza, RAMOS,Manoela Galvão, BERTIN,Nestor Tadashi Suguitani, GALVÃO,Thales Delmondes, LUCENA,Raphael Torres Figueiredo de, CAMPOS,Josemberg Marins
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: ABCD. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva (São Paulo)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-67202015000600065
• topic: Morbid obesity; Gastrectomy; Laparoscopy

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.