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Case Reports
. 2018 Jul;28(7):2148-2150.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-018-3282-0.

New Modality of Treatment for Malnutrition After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: the "Small Bowel Limb Transposition" Technique

Patrice Lointier  1 , Celine Thomas  2 , Maroon Tohmeh  3 , Radwan Kassir  4   5
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Case Reports

New Modality of Treatment for Malnutrition After Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: the "Small Bowel Limb Transposition" Technique

Patrice Lointier et al. Obes Surg. 2018 Jul.

Abstract

The technique of "small bowel limb transposition" consists in leaving the gastro-jejunal anastomosis (GJA) intact. It involves stapling (sectioning) of the alimentary limb (AL) at the level of the gastric antrum and creating a new anastomosis between the AL and the antrum. The "small bowel limb transposition" is an easy, simple, and interesting technique to be performed for the correction and treatment of severe malnutrition after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, but this single case is not sufficient to prove that this is a standard option.

Keywords: Gastro-gastric anastomosis; Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; Malnutrition; Small bowel limb transposition.

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