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Case of Ileal Ulcer in Blind Pouch Syndrome
Author(s) -
Omoya Toshihiro,
Muguruma Naoki,
Ichikawa Soichi,
Okita Yoshio,
Okamura Seisuke,
Ito Susumu,
Matsuyama Kazuo,
Sano Toshiaki
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
digestive endoscopy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.5
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1443-1661
pISSN - 0915-5635
DOI - 10.1046/j.1443-1661.2000.00051.x
Subject(s) - medicine , melena , pouch , anastomosis , complication , surgery
Blind pouch syndrome is a postoperative complication that can follow end‐to‐side or side‐to‐side anastomosis of the small or large intestine. We examined a patient with melena resulting from blind pouch syndrome that developed 46 years after small intestinal anastomosis. Preoperative diagnosis of anastomotic ulcer was established using a long colonoscope. This assessment of the location and nature of the lesion greatly facilitated surgical correction.