To the Editor: Obesity is becoming a worldwide health issue, and the prevalence of obesity continues to increase.[1,2] Body weight reduction is one of the effective measures to solve this problem; however, only a small number of obese patients succeed in controlling their body weight without intervention. Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) is widely performed in obese patients for its excellent surgical result and easy surgical procedures. Unfortunately, stomach leakage may cause severe consequences, such as infection and death, although the incidence rate of this complication is 2.4%.[3]
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