Publications by authors named "Leonardo Emilio DA-Silva"
Incisional hernia is a late complication of the most frequent after abdominal surgeries, with resulting morbidity that can worsen the condition. The treatment has been done both by open techniques, using screens or not, and by laparoscopic and robotic methods, which use them systematically. However, introducing a permanent foreign body into the tissues requires more surgical time, despite not closing the parietal defect in most cases and a higher risk of infections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe recommendations of the Brazilian College of Surgeons and the Brazilian Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Societies on the return of bariatric and metabolic operations in geographic regions of the country where the procedures have been allowed by local policies, in the period of COVID-19 pandemic.
Rev Col Bras Cir
June 2020
Prioritizing surgical procedures aims at facilitating patient's access according to the clinical needs, maximizing access equity, and minimizing the damage from delayed access. Previous categorization of elective bariatric surgery have been adapted to define an objective prioritizing system that reflects those principles for bariatric and metabolic operations. Given the factors that contribute to the morbidity and mortality of obese and type 2 diabetes patients, surgical prioritization should be based on clinical risk stratification.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Some studies have recently suggested that laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy may exacerbate gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms or even increase the risk of "de novo" post-operative GERD. We herein describe and evaluate the initial response of an alternative technique of sleeve gastroplasty combined with Nissen fundoplication for morbidly obese patients who present significant GERD.
Methods: From January 2008 to December 2013, 122 morbidly obese patients underwent laparoscopic Sleeve-Collis-Nissen gastroplasty (LSCNG).