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Iacobellis F, Dell’Aversano Orabona G, Brillantino A, Di Serafino M, Rengo A, Crivelli P, Romano L, Scaglione M. Common, Less Common, and Unexpected Complications after Bariatric Surgery: A Pictorial Essay. Diagnostics (Basel) 2022; 12:2637. [PMID: 36359480 PMCID: PMC9689585 DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics12112637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
Abstract
Bariatric surgery has demonstrated a higher rate of success than other nonsurgical treatments in selected patients with obesity; however, like all medical procedures, postoperative complications may occur, ranging between 2 and 10% and, although rare, they can be life threatening. Complications may be unspecific (any surgery-related complications) or specific (linked to the specific surgical procedure) and can be distinguished as common, less common, and unexpected. According to the onset, they may be acute, when occurring in the first 30 days after surgery, or chronic, with a presentation after 30 days from the procedure. The aim of this pictorial essay is to review the radiological aspects of surgical techniques usually performed and the possible complications, in order to make radiologists more confident with the postsurgical anatomy and with the normal and abnormal imaging findings.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesca Iacobellis
- Department of General and Emergency Radiology, “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Emergency Surgery, “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Radiology, “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Pineta Grande Hospital, Via Domitiana KM 30, 81030 Castel Volturno, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Roma 151, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of General and Emergency Radiology, “A. Cardarelli” Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli 9, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Roma 151, 07100 Sassari, Italy
- Department of Radiology, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK
- School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough TS1 3BX, UK
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