title: Mesenteric vein thrombosis after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.
abstract: Mesenteric vein thrombosis is a rare complication of bariatric laparoscopic surgery. We report a case of a 47-year-old man with obesity who had mesenteric vein thrombosis 14 days after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. He was treated with heparin anticoagulation with a good therapeutic response. This case and literature review illustrate that mesenteric vein thrombosis has to be included in the differential diagnosis of abdominal pain after a bariatric procedure and listed formally as a complication of bariatric surgery.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology, Hospital Son Llatzer, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Speranskaya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nicolau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Olivares
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pascual
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: González De Cabo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masmiquel
keywords: Abdominal pain; bariatric surgery complications; laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy; mesenteric vein thrombosis