Modified Sleeve Gastrectomy Combined with Laparoscopic Rossetti Fundoplication and Vascularization Assessment with Indocyanine Green.

AIM: Morbid obesity is a key risk factor for gastroesophageal reflux; the aim of this study is to describe the technique of modified laparoscopic Rossetti fundoplication to treat morbid obesity related to GERD.

METHODS

This is a video/dynamic manuscript on operative technique. We present the case of a 38-year-old patient referred to our institution for morbid obesity (BMI 43 kg/m2) related to GERD symptoms with grade A esophagitis at the preoperative upper gastro intestinal endoscopy and in daily therapy with PPI since years. The patient was scheduled for a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy combined with Rossetti fundoplication.

RESULTS

Intraoperative and postoperative course were uneventful. One year later, the BMI is 27.9 kg/m2 and at clinical and endoscopic follow-up demonstrates absence of esophagitis and any PPI therapy is needed.

CONCLUSION

The modified sleeve gastrectomy combined with laparoscopic Rossetti fundoplication seems to be a safe, effective procedure and a suitable alternative to gastric bypass in obese patients with GERD.