Transection of the stomach during LSG

Transection of the stomach along the bougie. The assistant provides symmetric lateral retraction in order to avoid twisting or asymmetric resection of the stomach.

LSG: laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.

Reproduced with permission from: Menzo EL, Szomstein S, Rosenthal RJ. Laparoscopic gastric sleeve. In: Fischer's Mastery of Surgery, 7th ed, Fischer JE (Ed), Wolters Kluwer, Philadelphia 2019. Copyright © 2019 Wolters Kluwer Health.