Histologic and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimens Performed for Morbid Obesity

• Published in: Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine (1976) Vol. 145; no. 3; pp. 365 - 370
• Main Authors: Nowak, Klaudia, Di Palma, Adam, Chieu, Kenny, Quereshy, Fayez, Jackson, Timothy, Okrainec, Allan, Serra, Stefano, Chetty, Runjan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States College of American Pathologists 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis; Bariatric Surgery; Body weight loss; Care and treatment; Cost benefit analysis; Diagnostic specimens; Drug therapy; Economic aspects; Endoscopy; Female; Gastrectomy; Gastrectomy - economics; Gastric bypass; Gastrointestinal cancer; Gastrointestinal surgery; Health care networks; Helicobacter Infections - diagnosis; Helicobacter Infections - pathology; Helicobacter Infections - surgery; Helicobacter pylori - isolation & purification; Histology, Pathological; Humans; Hyperplasia; Intestine; Laparoscopic surgery; Laparoscopy; Laparoscopy - economics; Male; Medical care, Cost of; Metabolism; Metaplasia; Methods; Middle Aged; Neuroendocrine tumors; Obesity; Obesity, Morbid - diagnosis; Obesity, Morbid - pathology; Obesity, Morbid - surgery; Ontario; Patients; Proton pump inhibitors; Stomach; Surgery; Surgical outcomes; Weight control; Ontario; Canada; Toronto Ontario Canada; United States > US

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has quickly become the bariatric surgical procedure of choice for patients with obesity who have failed medical management. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy results in a gastric remnant that is routinely subject to pathologic examination. To perform a histologic...