Acute appendicitis following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an adolescent

Complications following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy may be life-threatening. The concern for serious complications may cause practitioners to overlook common surgical disease. The authors present a case of acute appendicitis that presented in the early post-operative period in an adolescent pat...

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Main Authors: Gregory S. Charak, Whitney D. Florin, Jeffrey L. Zitsman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357661500007X