Abstract
BackgroundSeveral postoperative gastrointestinal complications are attributed to ischemia. We herein evaluate the gastric wall perfusion using computed tomography (CT) scan perfusion index on trial to address the etiology of ischemic complication after sleeve gastrectomy. MethodsA retrospective study of 205 patients undergoing CT scan of the abdomen to evaluate the pattern of gastric vascular perfusion was performed. The perfusion index of the gastric mucosa was measured at 5 gastric points using CT perfusion scanning. ResultsGastric perfusion at the angle of His (AOH) (53.51 ± 14.38) was statistically significantly lower (P < .001) than that at the other gastric points studied: fundus, greater curvature, lesser curvature, incisura angularis, and mid gastric points (76.16 ± 15.21, 73.27 ± 16.55, 76.12 ± 16.12, and 75.24 ± 14.9, respectively). Gastric perfusion was significantly lower at all the gastric points (and especially so at the AOH) among obese patients (33 cases) compared with nonobese patients (18 cases). Gastric perfusion at all the points studied showed a decrease as the body mass index increases. Hypertensive patients had a better gastric perfusion compared with nonhypertensive patients. ConclusionsGastric wall perfusion is statistically significantly decreased at the AOH and gastric fundus compared with perfusion at other gastric points. Gastric perfusion at all the gastric points studied decreased with the increase in body mass index. Gastric leakage in obese patients following sleeve gastrectomy could be attributed to a decrease in the blood supply at AOH.
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