BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.35, sa.3, ss.245-249, 2018 (SCI-Expanded)
Background:Staple-line leak is the most frightening complication of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy and several predisposing factors such as using improper staple sizes regardless of gastric wall thickness, narrower bougie diameter and ischemia of the staple line are asserted.