Unexpected Histopathological Findings After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

Abstract

Amaç: Obezite sıklığı tüm dünyada artmaktadır. Laparoskopik sleeve gastrektomi (LSG) günümüzde dünya genelinde en sık uygulanan bariatrik cerrahi olarak yerini almıştır. Diğer bariatrik cerrahilerin aksine LSG'de patolojik inceleme yapılabilecek bir piyes çıkmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı LSG'yi takiben beklenmeyen histopatolojik bulguları tanımlamaktır. Results: One thousand three hundred sixty four patients underwent LSG. The mean age was 40.93±10.86 years; 974 patients (71.48%) were female. The mean BMI was 42.23±7.28. The most common findings in the pathologies were normal gastric specimen (50%), gastritis (30%) and changes due to proton pump inhibitor use (23%) respectively. Conclusion: Gastroscopy should be added to the preoperative preparation process in cases where there is no gastric specimen after the operation. Preoperative gastroscopy is not a necessity for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. It can be performed in selected cases.