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CC BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2020; 06(01): e24-e27
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701224
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A Rare Case of Gastric Volvulus Post Laparoscopic Gastric Greater Curvature Plication

Antoine Kachi
1   Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
2   Department of General Surgery, Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
,
Khalil Chidiac
3   Department of Gastroenterology, Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
,
Charif Khaled 
4   Senior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
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29 October 2019

15 November 2019

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11 February 2020 (online)

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Abstract

Gastric volvulus is a rare entity. Its diagnosis remains tricky and challenging. In recent years, the incidence of gastric volvulus has shown a rise in postbariatric surgery patient. Several cases were reported of gastric remnant volvulus post-laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and laparoscopic gastric bypass. Laparoscopic gastric greater curvature plication is a new and experimental restrictive technique for weight loss. Several of its complications were reported in the literature but never was a case of volvulus postgastric plication reported, as far as we know. We present this rare case with an atypical presentation and go through similar cases in the literature.

Keywords

gastric volvulus - laparoscopic gastric greater curvature plication - bariatric surgery
 

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