Gastrobronchial fistula a rare complication post laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
Gastrobronchial fistula is a rare but serious complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with significant morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a 30-year-old man who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity and presented later with a history of chronic productive c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Annals of Thoracic Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2013;volume=8;issue=3;spage=179;epage=180;aulast=Alharbi |
| Summary: | Gastrobronchial fistula is a rare but serious complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with significant morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a 30-year-old man who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for morbid obesity and presented later with a history of chronic productive cough. Upper gastrointestinal series showed the presence of a communicating fistula between the stomach and the left lung bronchial tree. |
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| ISSN: | 1817-1737 1998-3557 |