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Multiple Endoscopic Therapies for Treatment of Chronic Post-bariatric Surgery Gastropleural Fistula

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  1. Gastroenterology Department, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Dr Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 225, 6° Andar, Bloco 3, Cerqueira César, SP, 05403-010, São Paulo, Brazil

    Alexandre Moraes Bestetti, Mateus Bond Boghossian, Bruno Salomão Hirsch, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura & Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura

  2. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Thomas R. McCarty

  3. Department of Digestive Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marco Aurélio Santo

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Key Points

1.Leaks and fistulas are severe complications after bariatric surgery

2.Endoscopy should be the initial approach in stable patients

3.Chronic post-bariatric surgery fistulas usually require multiple endoscopic therapies.

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Bestetti, A.M., Boghossian, M.B., Hirsch, B.S. et al. Multiple Endoscopic Therapies for Treatment of Chronic Post-bariatric Surgery Gastropleural Fistula. OBES SURG 32, 3206–3207 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06186-7

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