Belinda De Simone, Elie Chouillard, Almino C Ramos, Gianfranco Donatelli, Tadeja Pintar, Rahul Gupta, Federica Renzi, Kamal Mahawar, Brijesh Madhok, Stefano Maccatrozzo, Fikri M Abu-Zidan, Ernest E Moore, Dieter G Weber, Federico Coccolini, Salomone Di Saverio, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Vishal G Shelat, Francesco Amico, Emmanouil Pikoulis, Marco Ceresoli, Joseph M Galante, Imtiaz Wani, Nicola De' Angelis, Andreas Hecker, Gabriele Sganga, Edward Tan, Zsolt J Balogh, Miklosh Bala, Raul Coimbra, Dimitrios Damaskos, Luca Ansaloni, Massimo Sartelli, Nikolaos Pararas, Yoram Kluger, Elias Chahine, Vanni Agnoletti, Gustavo Fraga, Walter L Biffl, Fausto Catena
BACKGROUND: Patients presenting with acute abdominal pain that occurs after months or years following bariatric surgery may present for assessment and management in the local emergency units. Due to the large variety of surgical bariatric techniques, emergency surgeons have to be aware of the main functional outcomes and long-term surgical complications following the most performed bariatric surgical procedures. The purpose of these evidence-based guidelines is to present a consensus position from members of the WSES in collaboration with IFSO bariatric experienced surgeons, on the management of acute abdomen after bariatric surgery focusing on long-term complications in patients who have undergone laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass...
September 27, 2022: World Journal of Emergency Surgery: WJES