Can
a stent be placed for a gastric leak after a sleeve gastrectomy?
Stents
are used but usually do not work well. If there is a large leak, the hole is
often not sealed well with stents. . Plus, insertion of a stent to close the
leak is prohibitively expensive. Once a stent is inserted, it cannot be
removed. The stent has metal or plastic pins which embed in to the stomach
wall, and is best left alone. I doubt any surgeon would be foolish enough to
remove a stent. Surgery to close the
leak is the gold standard but complications are common. Most patients are
septic after a gastric leak and often develop multiorgan failure.
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