Routine intraoperative leak testing for sleeve gastrectomy: Is the leak test full of hot air?

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 943-947

  Bingham, Jason ^a   Lallemand, Michael ^a   Barron, Morgan ^a   Kuckelman, John ^a   Carter, Preston ^a   Blair, Kelly ^a   Martin, Matthew ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Intraoperative leak test; Postoperative staple line leak; Sleeve gastrectomy; Sleeve gastrectomy complications; Staple line dehiscence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE LEAK TEST; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY; SURGICAL STAPLING; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL STAPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961778402     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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