Abscess after sleeve gastrectomy: conservative treatment by endoscopic dilation

Sleeve Gastrectomy: Exposure of the Left Pillar

“…This release requires vessels in the region of the cardia to be divided (a procedure causing ischemia?). 3 If it is not sufficiently released, a superior gastric pouch will be left which may dilate over time. It is important during the posterior dissection to take care not to divide the left gastric artery, which may look like a posterior gastric vessel.…”