PATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS IN LAPAROSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY SPECIMENS IN TEACHING HOSPITAL OF LAHORE

Aim: Pathological findings in laparoscopic sleeve Gastrectomy specimens.Setting: Doctor’s Hospital Clinical lab Lahore.Method: Retrospectively demographic data and biopsy report of patient who go through surgicalprocedure of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy since 1st Jan 2016 to May2024 were obtained from clinicallaboratory of Doctor’s Hospital Lahore.Result: A total of 101 patients who go through surigical procedure of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Between these patients, 53 (52.5%) were female along with 48 (47.5%) were male. Age of patient variesfrom 15 to 62 years and the majority of the patient were in 41 to 50 years of age. The Histologicalsections of specimens revealed that lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate in lamina propria were the mostcommon histopathological finding (52,51.5%) followed by no remarkable histopathologicalfindings(22,21.8%).The other pathology found were H-pylori induced gastritis(33,32.7%) and activegastritis(10,9.9%).Conclusion: Our findings reveals that need for routinely performing biopsy reporting of laparoscopicsleeve gastrectomy specimens. The study also highlights lympho-plasmacytic infiltrtate and H-pylori asthe other most common pathological finding.