The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon’s point of view

Table 7 Common complications following bariatric surgery

Bariatric surgical procedures	Early complications	Late complications
Sleeve gastrectomy	Leak/fistula	Gastroesophageal reflux
	stricture
	hemorrhage
Gastric bypass	Leak/fistula	Anastomotic ulcer (bleeding, perforation)
	obstruction/anastomotic	Anastomotic ulcer (bleeding, perforation)
	stricture	bowel obstruction (internal hernia)
	hemorrhage	bowel obstruction (internal hernia)
Adjustable gastric binding	Esophageal and/or gastric perforation	Infection
		connector tubing rupture
	acute dilatation of the gastric pouch	gastric pouch dilatation and slippage of the AGB
		erosion and intragastric migration
		esophageal dilatation

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