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Table 4 Complications among studied patients

From: The role of the surgical resection distance from the pylorus after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: a prospective cohort study from an academic medical center in Egypt

Resc.dist.

2 cm. pylorus (N = 48)

6 cm. pylorus (N = 48)

P-value

Complication

Count

%

Count

%

Over all

12

25%

12

25%

0.72

Leakage

2

4.17%

0

0

0.32

Bleeding

0

0

2

4.17%

0.32

AITM

2

4.17%

0

0

0.32

Splenic infraction

2

4.17%

0

0

0.32

Intra-abdominal sepsis

0

0

2

4.17%

0.32

Wound infection

6

12.50%

8

16.67%

0.69

  1. AITM acute para-esophageal intra-thoracic migration of the sleeve