A rare case report of late-onset phytobezoar formation following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: delayed redo bariatric surgery.
BMC Surg
; 21(1): 254, 2021 May 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1238717
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Phytobezoar formation is a complication of bariatric surgery and mostly occurs after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) operations. Here, we present an extremely rare case of late phytobezoar formation following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). CASE PRESENTATION A 52-year-old woman with a body mass index (BMI) of 40.7 kg/m2 underwent LSG. Following persistent symptoms of nausea, vomiting, early satiety, and tremendous weight loss, endoscopy was performed, and gastric phytobezoar was detected at one-year post-operation. After endoscopic fragmentation, phytobezoar was removed by snare, and the patient later underwent redo bariatric surgery (conversion of LSG to LRYGB).CONCLUSIONS:
With an increase in the number of LSG procedures performed globally, and the late-onset nature of phytobezoar formation, more cases of this complication are expected to be detected in future. Long-term postoperative follow-up alongside applying surgical methods to avoid gastric stenosis are needed to reduce the chance of phytobezoar formation in patients undergoing LSG.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Obesity, Morbid
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Gastric Bypass
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Laparoscopy
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Bariatric Surgery
Type of study:
Case report
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Cohort study
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Prognostic study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
BMC Surg
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S12893-021-01254-8
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