Fibrin glue as a sealant for high-risk anastomosis in surgery for morbid obesity.

Background: Fibrin sealants promote hemostasis and wound healing. Complex revisional surgery is performed for morbid obesity, and high-risk patients undergo weight loss surgery routinely. Fibrin sealant, Tisseel, was used by one surgeon on 120 consecutive patients at the gastrojejunal anastomosis in Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP).