Keeping the fistula open: paradigm shift in the management of leaks after bariatric surgery?

What it found

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Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Endoscopic Management of Post-Bariatric Surgery Complications: Diagnostic Work-Up and Innovative Approaches for Leak, Fistula, and Stricture Management.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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2. Complications of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery for the Gastroenterologist: A Comprehensive Review.Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2025
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3. Enormous Single-Session Septotomy for the Treatment of Late Leak Postsleeve Gastrectomy.ACG case reports journal · 2021
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4. Gastric Per-Oral Endoscopic Myotomy for Treatment of Chronic Proximal Staple Line Leak Precipitated by Downstream Stenosis.Obesity surgery · 2021
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5. Endoscopic Negative Pressure Therapy (ENPT) Is Superior to Stent Therapy for Staple Line Leak After Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Single-Center Cohort Study.Obesity surgery · 2021
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6. EUS-guided drainage with LAMS to treat a refractory micro-fistula after sleeve gastrectomy: Widen the fistula if you cannot seal it.Endoscopy international open · 2021
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7. Endoscopic negative pressure therapy for upper gastrointestinal leaks: description of a fashioned device allowing simultaneous enteral feeding.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2021
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8. International multicenter expert survey on endoscopic treatment of upper gastrointestinal anastomotic leaks.Endoscopy international open · 2019
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9. Role of endoscopic vacuum therapy, internal drainage, and stents for postbariatric leaks.VideoGIE : an official video journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy · 2019
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10. Inversion Technique for the Removal of Partially Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stents.Obesity surgery · 2018
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Corrections and comments

• Comment on
  Treatment of Leaks Following Sleeve Gastrectomy by Endoscopic Internal Drainage (EID).2015
• Comment on
  Trans-fistulary endoscopic drainage for post-bariatric abdominal collections communicating with the upper gastrointestinal tract.2016

Authors and funding

2 authors.

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Abstract

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