Open AccessAcute sleeve gastrectomy for a strangulated paraoesophageal hernia
Author(s) -
Cheng Pt,
Mm Ronald,
G. M. Van Poole
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of surgical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 3
ISSN - 2042-8812
DOI - 10.1093/jscr/2011.11.3
Subject(s) - medicine , sleeve gastrectomy , gastrectomy , general surgery , hernia , surgery , gastric bypass , obesity , cancer , weight loss
Gastric necrosis in association with strangulation of a paraoesophageal hernia is a rare but life-threatening condition. The present article reports a case of strangulated paraoesophageal hernia with gastric necrosis in an obese woman treated successfully by acute sleeve gastrectomy.
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