Fracture of the spike of the circular stapler: an unexpected cause of conversion of a laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty.
Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty (LVGB), is a safe and efficient bariatric operation, with low intraoperative complications. We report an unusual cause of conversion of a LVGB to an open procedure due to the fracture of the spike of the circular stapler during gastric penetration.
Menenakos
Evangelos
E
First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Q. Sophia 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Lagoudianakis
Emmanuel
E
Dardamanis
Dimitrios
D
Theodorou
Dimitrios
D
Leandros
Emmanuel
E
Bramis
John
J