title: Aortic rupture during reoperative bariatric surgery.
abstract: Morbid obesity has become a very common problem worldwide, causing severe health-related consequences including cardiovascular or metabolic diseases, arthritis, sleep apnea, or an increased risk of cancer. Bariatric surgery was shown to be the only way to achieve sustainable weight loss and to decrease the frequency and severity of metabolic and cardiovascular comorbidities. The purpose of this article is to present a case of bariatric surgery complicated with lesion of the aorta with a lethal outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Floreasca Clinical Emergency Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Sorin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hostiuc
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Pathology, National Institute of Legal Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Constantin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dragoteanu
authors.affiliation: Polytechnic University, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Asavei
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Floreasca Clinical Emergency Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: Ionut
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Negoi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D001344:Autopsy; D050110:Bariatric Surgery / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000941:ethics; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation