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Minimally Invasive Conversion of a Gastric Bypass into Sleeve Gastrectomy for Postprandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia

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The treatment of postprandial hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia following gastric bypass surgery for obesity can be challenging despite dietetic and medical treatment and eventually surgical treatment remains the exclusive treatment to resolve the problem for the patient. In the following, the experience with a conversion surgery from a complicated Roux-en-Y gastric bypass to sleeve gastrectomy using the Da Vinci robotic system will be reported.

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  1. Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Department of General -, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg, Paracelsus Medical University, Prof.-Ernst- Nathanstr. 1, 90419, Nürnberg, Germany

    Uwe J. Hesse, Johannes Lenz, Luca Giulini, Miljana Vladimirov, Attila Dubecz & Hubert J. Stein

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Hesse, U.J., Lenz, J., Giulini, L. et al. Minimally Invasive Conversion of a Gastric Bypass into Sleeve Gastrectomy for Postprandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia. OBES SURG 31, 1897–1898 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-021-05241-z

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