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Sequential Endoscopic Therapies for Treatment of Complex Gastrointestinal Transmural Leak Following Bariatric Surgery

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  1. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Unit - Gastroenterology Department, 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, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil

    Alexandre Moraes Bestetti, João Remi de Freitas Junior, Bruno Salomão Hirsch, Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura & Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura

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

    Marco Aurelio Santo

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

    Roberto Paolo Trasolini

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Eduardo Guimarães Hourneaux de Moura receives sponsorship for consultancy from Boston Scientific and Olympus; Diogo Turiani Hourneaux de Moura receives sponsorship for consultancy from BariaTek Advanced Bariatric Solutions; all the other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Key Points

Leaks and fistulas are severe complications after bariatric surgery.

Endoscopy can be considered the initial approach in stable patients.

Chronic post-bariatric surgery fistulas usually require multidisciplinary approach.

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Bestetti, A.M., Santo, M.A., Trasolini, R.P. et al. Sequential Endoscopic Therapies for Treatment of Complex Gastrointestinal Transmural Leak Following Bariatric Surgery. OBES SURG 32, 4113–4114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06311-6

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