The management of gastric compartment syndrome after a laparoscopic gastric placation

الملخص EN

While laparoscopic gastric plication (LGP) is gaining popularity as a feasible restrictive procedure for reducing the stomach capacity, safe and low cost methods of weight reduction, requires no gastrectomy or foreign body placement and no stapling, there is still few information regarding its infrequent complications.

This case reports the occurrence of gastric compartment syndrome (GCS) as unusual but possible complication after LGP.