Aniceto Baltasar
San Jorge Clinic, Spain
Title: Stapling the bougie in Vertical Sleeve-forming Gastrectomy. Video
Biography
Biography: Aniceto Baltasar
Abstract
Laparoscopic Sleeve-forming gastrectomy (LSFG) is the most popular bariatric surgery operation. Based on the lesser curvature, the sleeve, is created with endo-staplers, which separate the lesser curvature longitudinally and vertically from the rest of the stomach including the greater curvature. The use of a bougie (Bougie, a medical instrument, used in an esophageal dilatation) helps to calibrate the diameter of the sleeve. Intra-operative bougie stapling (ISB) is a serious complication that should be prevented and when it happening correction is mandatory. We present three cases with a video.