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Upper gastrointestinal tract with a large recurrent paraesophageal hernia.
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An upper gastrointestinal series showed a large, fixed hiatal hernia with organoaxial volvulus (Figure 1).
Schematic representation of the sleeve gastrectomy.
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The gastric resection included the fundus and greater curve side of the body, essentially leaving a "tube" along the lesser curve of the stomach, leaving some laxity in the stomach around the 60F bougie (Figure 2).A gastropexy was accomplished by suturing the stomach to the left crus.
Postoperative upper gastrointestinal tract after the sleeve gastrectomy.
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Clear liquids given after an upper gastrointestinal series performed on the second postoperative day showed no leakage (Figure 3).