Endoscopic Double-Pigtail Catheter (EDPC) Internal Drainage as First-Line Treatment of Gastric Leak: A Case Series during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Learning Curve for Morbid Obesity

<div>Endoscopic views of an early complicated patient. The GL documented with GST and CT scans now appears evident at endoscopic inspection ((a)) (with arrow). A large walled-off perifistular collection suspected at GST (Figure <a href="../fig1/">1</a>(b)) is confirmed at the endoscopic inspection (b). (c) EDPC positioned. (d) Endoscopic control at the 28<sup>th</sup> POD: internal drainage acts like a foreign body and promotes the physiological re-epithelization of the leak (white arrow).</div>

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Figure 3: Endoscopic Double-Pigtail Catheter (EDPC) Internal Drainage as First-Line Treatment of Gastric Leak: A Case Series during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Learning Curve for Morbid Obesity 

Figure 3 | Endoscopic Double-Pigtail Catheter (EDPC) Internal Drainage as First-Line Treatment of Gastric Leak: A Case Series during Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Learning Curve for Morbid Obesity 