Pulmonary embolism after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Ninh T. Nguyen; Marcelo Hinojosa; Brian Mailey; Daniel Herron; Ken Champion

doi:10.1007/s11695-007-9215-y

Pulmonary embolism after laparoscopic gastric bypass

Ninh T. Nguyen, Marcelo Hinojosa, Brian Mailey, Daniel Herron, Ken Champion

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Abstract

Pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of death after bariatric surgery and represents one of the many potential life-threatening conditions after bariatric surgery. The Advanced Bariatric Life Support (ABLS) initiative was developed to teach practising bariatric surgeons, emergency physicians, and allied health professionals the need for accurate and timely diagnosis and management of life-threatening bariatric surgery complications. This case study was derived from the ABLS file and discusses the difficulty in differentiating between two major complications after gastric bypass - pulmonary embolism vs leak. Accurate diagnosis and expeditious treatment are of utmost importance to prevent death associated with these serious bariatric surgical complications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1257-1260
Number of pages	4
Journal	Obesity Surgery
Volume	17
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9215-y
State	Published - Sep 2007

Keywords

Bariatric surgery
Leaks
Morbid obesity
Pulmonary embolism
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

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