title: Complications of gastric restrictive operations in morbidly obese patients.
abstract: After gastric restrictive procedures in morbidly obese persons, the reported morbidity is 15 per cent, and mortality is 1 per cent. Pulmonary embolism continues to be the most serious complication. Gastric perforations must be recognized early and treated promptly, as must the common postoperative complications: pneumonia, atelectasis, and wound infection.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006555:Hernia, Ventral / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000209:etiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology; D013270:Stomach / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000209:etiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology