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Longitudinal Gastrectomy for Nonbariatric Indications
CONCLUSION: LLG seems to be an appropriate intervention for various gastric pathologies. Training of residents and fellows in the minimally invasive surgical steps of LLG is encouraged.PMID:34035960 | PMC:PMC8124009 | DOI:10.1155/2021/9962130
Source: Minimally Invasive Surgery - May 26, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Oluwatobi O Onafowokan Aboubakr Khairat Mohammad Jamal Hemant Chatrath Hugo J R Bonatti Source Type: research

Pulmonary embolism and fatal stroke in a patient with severe factor XI deficiency after bariatric surgery
We report the case of a 40-year-old woman with a severe factor XI (FXI) deficiency who died from a stroke due to bilateral internal carotid arteries occlusion after a laparoscopic gastric bypass (bariatric surgery). This stroke was probably secondary to a pulmonary embolism with a paradoxical embolism through a previously unknown foramen ovale. This woman who had one severe episode of bleeding before the bypass received for the intervention a single infusion of 27 U/kg of FXI concentrate. A careful evaluation of the bleeding and thrombotic risk was performed before surgery, and despite all preventive measures, this tragi...
Source: Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis - April 1, 2013 Category: Hematology Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research