%0 Journal Article
%T The usefulness and costs of routine contrast studies after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for detecting staple line leaks
%A Chris Smith
%A Darrell Boone
%A David Pace
%A Deborah M. Gregory
%A Dimitry Terterov
%A Laurie K. Twells
%A Philemon Ho-Yan Leung
%J Archive of "Canadian Journal of Surgery".
%D 2017
%R 10.1503/cjs.015216
%X Although laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for severe obesity (body mass index ¡İ 35), staple line leaks remain a major complication and account for a substantial portion of the procedure¡¯s morbidity and mortality. Many centres performing LSG routinely obtain contrast studies on postoperative day 1 for early detection of staple line leaks. We examined the usefulness of Gastrografin swallow as an early detection test for staple line leaks on postoperative day 1 after LSG as well as the associated costs
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5608583/