After the death of Wadih Ibn George wasoufAfter the repercussions of gastric sleeve surgery, learn about the risks and complications of gastric sleeve operations, and the surgeons’ comment on the cause of death as a result of complications from the sleeve gastrectomy, which was supposed to be a simple surgery, but the surgery caused the death of the young Wadih, and the news of the death came hours after the announcement The family transferred the late young man to a hospital in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in a critical condition, following the gastric sleeve operation that he underwent more than a week ago, despite the announcement of the success of the operation at the time, Wadih was subjected to internal bleeding that took his life..
Son of George Wassouf
For his part, Dr. Suleiman Mohamed Suleiman, Professor and Head of the Department of Oncology and Obesity Surgery at the Air Specialized Hospital, said that one of the problems of gastric sleeve, through which 85% of the stomach is removed and 15% of it remains, is the occurrence of a leakage of less than 1% of the gastric juice of the proteasome membrane. Blood poisoning occurs, and it can lead to serious complications if it is not detected early and treated immediately, as the remaining part of the stomach is welded with surgical staplers.
George Wassouf mourned his son
He emphasized that leakage occurs in the upper stomach area between the esophagus and the upper stomach, and leakage from this area frequently occurs.
He said that the other complications that occur with gastric sleeve operations is the occurrence of bleeding after the sleeve operations, where bleeding occurs at a rate of 1% as well, and leads to a decrease in blood circulation as a result of bleeding if it is not detected and treated quickly, and may lead to death, adding that bleeding operations can be avoided. In gastric sleeve operations in more than one way, by taking an additional strengthening implant after removing part of the stomach, along with staplers or supporting it with a part of the abdominal tissue to strengthen the wound site and reduce the incidence of bleeding by a large percentage, in order to prevent leakage and bleeding together, because they are among the most dangerous complications after operations Sleeve gastrectomy, but by adopting modern methods, the vast majority of complications of gastric sleeve operations can be avoided, because so far thousands of operations have been performed around the world without the occurrence of these complications, by taking preventive and modern measures to reduce such complications a lot.
He explained that there is another reason for bleeding, which is that during the sleeve gastrectomy, it may lead to a small wound in the spleen without the surgeon knowing, which leads to bleeding after the sleeve gastrectomy, and if it is not discovered early, it may lead to death. .