Gastrointestinal Complications After Bariatric Surgery.
Bariatric surgery is increasingly being performed in the medically complicated obese population as convincing data continue to mount, documenting the success of surgery not only in achieving meaningful weight loss but also in correcting obesity-related illnesses. Several surgical procedures with varying degrees of success and complications are currently being performed. This article discusses the short- and long-term gastrointestinal complications for the 4 most common bariatric surgical procedures: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding, vertical sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch.
Dr Ma is a general surgery resident and Dr Madura is an assistant professor of surgery in the Department of General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona.
Irene T
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Ma
Dr Ma is a general surgery resident and Dr Madura is an assistant professor of surgery in the Department of General Surgery at the Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona.
James A
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Madura
Bariatric surgery; biliopancreatic diversion; duodenal switch; gastric bypass; gastrointestinal complications; vertical sleeve gastrectomy