title: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: imaging of normal anatomic features and postoperative gastrointestinal complications.
abstract: Morbid obesity is a public health problem in the United States and Europe and its prevalence is on the increase. Despite certain progress the efficacy of medical treatment remains limited. Bariatric surgery has consequently become an effective alternative for patients with morbid obesity. The bariatric operations most frequently performed are laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LGB), but laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is increasingly popular with both bariatric surgeons and patients due to its simplicity, rapidity and decreased morbidity. The purpose of this pictorial essay is to familiarize radiologists with the normal postoperative anatomic features and the imaging findings of postoperative gastrointestinal complications of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy because little literature exists on this subject.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Picardie, place Victor-Pauchet, 80054 Amiens cedex 1, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chivot
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lafaye
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuks
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dhahri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verhaeghe
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Regimbeau
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yzet
mesh_terms: D057868:Anastomotic Leak / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000379:methods*; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015391:Gastroplasty / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011178:Postgastrectomy Syndromes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: Bariatric surgery; CT; Fistulas; Gastrointestinal complications; Sleeve gastrectomy