Drain amylase monitoring for early diagnosis of anastomotic leakage in sleeve gastrectomy An animal study

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Sleeve gastrectomy(SG) is a popular bariatric surgery procedure with rare but dreaded complications. Although drain amylase levels are a reliable early predictor of anastomosis leakage in oesophagectomy and pancreaticoduodenectomy, for SG have not yet been studied. We aimed to monitor drain amylase levels to ascertain their applicability for early diagnosis of gastric leakage in SG.