According to the reporter, the patient had a partial gastrectomy with roux-en-y procedure.A day later the patient had to have a reoperation due to bleeding from the staple line created by the device.The bleeding was noticed post-operatively.Reoperation was performed for the evacuation of the hematoma and placement of the gastric tube.During the reoperation, the bleeding stopped and no additional medical intervention was required.There was no tissue loss, but there was tissue damage around the stomach.The tissue damage was not permanent.There was blood loss of 500cc or more.Initial surgical time was extended by more than 30 minutes.
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