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Fracture of the Spike of the Circular Stapler: an Unexpected Cause of Conversion of a Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

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Laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty (LVGB), is a safe and efficient bariatric operation, with low intraoperative complications. We report an unusual cause of conversion of a LVGB to an open procedure due to the fracture of the spike of the circular stapler during gastric penetration.

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  1. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Evangelos Menenakos MD, PhD

  2. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Emmanuel Lagoudianakis MD

  3. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Dimitrios Dardamanis MD

  4. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Dimitrios Theodorou MD, FACS

  5. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    Emmanuel Leandros MD, PhD

  6. First Department of Propaedeutic Surgery, Hippocrateion Hospital, Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece

    John Bramis MD, PhD

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Menenakos, E., Lagoudianakis, E., Dardamanis, D. et al. Fracture of the Spike of the Circular Stapler: an Unexpected Cause of Conversion of a Laparoscopic Vertical Banded Gastroplasty. OBES SURG 16, 664–666 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1381/096089206776945147

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