title: Laparoscopic Conversion of a Sleeve Gastrectomy to the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
abstract: After the failure of sleeve gastrectomy (SG), three options are available as a second intervention: the conversion into a biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch, the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP), and more recently, a re-SG consisting in the refashioning of a dilated gastric tube. We describe two different approaches for the conversion. The conversion to RYGBP remains a technically challenging operation but feasible and effective, and it should be reserved to specialized centers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bariatric Surgery, Hospital Archet 2, Nice, France.
authors.forename: Imed Ben
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Amor
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Debs
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: Bachir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Elias
authors.forename: Radwan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kassir
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gugenheim
mesh_terms: D015904:Biliopancreatic Diversion / Q000379:methods; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation; D017211:Treatment Failure