| Literature DB >> 11868287 |
Alexandros Papakonstantinou1, Panayotis Moustafellos, Ioannis Terzis, Charalabos Stratopoulos, Evangelos I Hadjiyannakis.
Abstract
A case of gastric cancer after vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG) is presented. A 44-year-old man presented with vomiting and weight loss 6 years after VBG. Endoscopy revealed a poorly differentiated gastric adenocarcinoma. The patient underwent a Whipple pancreaticoduodenectomy and received chemotherapy. He expired 6 months later. From our case and review of the literature, development of gastric cancer after VBG is very rare. The authors suggest that patients undergoing VBG be monitored by endoscopy after the operation.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11868287 DOI: 10.1381/096089202321144694
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129