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ArticleWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2021

Practices concerning sleeve gastrectomy in Turkey: A survey of surgeons.

Burhan Mayir

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Article in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A systematic review of patient and clinician experiences of bariatric tourism.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Burhan MayirDepartment of General Surgery, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Antalya 07010, Turkey. burmay@yahoo.com.
Antalya Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most common bariatric surgical procedure. LSG is a restrictive procedure and in this operation stomach volume is greatly reduced. When the details of the procedure are examined, it is seen that there are many different methods surgery.

aimTo analyze approaches of surgeons performing LSG.

methodsA questionnaire consist of 44 questions was sent by e-mail to the surgeons performing bariatric surgery. Approaches of surgery about preoperative period, surgical techniques and postoperative period was questioned.

resultsDifferent approaches about antibiotic prophylaxis, stapler line reinforcement utilization, application of intraoperative and postoperative leakage test, approach to the crus and hiatal hernia repair were detected. It was observed that a few partipicipants applied contrary to the guidelines of antibiotic prophlaxis and thromboembolism prophylaxis. Approaches about other subjects were generally similar.

conclusionIn this study, approaches about LSG that most common bariatric surgical procedure in our country was learned. According to these results, knowing the approaches in our country will be beneficial in terms of determining the training programs in bariatric surgery, improving surgical results and reducing the complications.

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Bariatric surgeryComplicationsLaparoscopic sleeve gastrectomyLeakObesitySurgery practices

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PMID34122735
PMCPMC8167849
OpenAlexW3161352038

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