THE ROUTINE USE OF THE METHYLENE BLUE TEST IN SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY: WHY NOT?
Âlvaro Antônio Bandeira FerrazFernando DE Santa Cruz OliveiraJoão Victor BelfortVladimir C T SáLuciana Teixeira DE SiqueiraJosé Guido C Araújo-JúniorPublished in: Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery (2022)
MBT showed high specificity and negative predictive value, thus presenting an important value to rule out the occurrence of postoperative leaks.