Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient with Obesity and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Case Report

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Amanda Belluzzi M Foletto

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Amanda Belluzzi
Bariatric Unit-Padova University Hospital, Italy

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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder with a huge variety of signs and symptoms. Gastrointestinal manifestations may be present in up to 50% of patients. We here report bariatric surgery in a patient with EDS, focusing on management challenges, preoperative assessment and one-year outcome. A 56-year-old woman with hypermobility-type (HM) EDS, BMI 42,5 kg/m2 and hypertension underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). She was uneventfully discharged on POD3. One-year after the operation her BMI was 28,3 kg/m2 and hypertension receded. Postoperative upper GI series (POD60) did show neither reflux nor esophageal dysmotility. Bariatric surgery in patients with EDS can be challenging due to the potential risks of wound healing. Proper preoperative assessment and follow up should be strongly recommended.

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Received: Thu 25, Jun 2020
Accepted: Thu 09, Jul 2020
Published: Mon 20, Jul 2020

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© 2023 Amanda Belluzzi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.GSCR.2020.01.08