Microorganisms in the Stomach During Vertical Banded Gastroplasty.
Vertical banded gastroplasty involves the cutting of a stapled window against an Ewald tube Passed perorally, and creation of a vertical staple-line partition. The channel at the window is banded by a polypropylene mesh collar. A study of the gastric rings removed at this operation found that the bacterial colonization rate was 46.8%, so that the potential for infection of the collar exists. The actual significance of this finding is unknown.
Deitel
M
Departments of Surgery and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1B5, Canada.
Krajden
S
Shahi
B
Mortellaro
LM