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Internal Herniation of the Small Bowel after Gastro‐Enterostomy
Author(s) -
Gupta Saroj,
Rao T. R. G.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1974.tb06517.x
Subject(s) - medicine , enterostomy , gastro , bowel obstruction , surgery , general surgery , complication , disease , reflux
Herniation of the small bowel through the ring formed after posterior retrocolic gastro‐enterostomy is a possible cause of acute bowel obstruction. Although this well‐recognized complication of gastro‐enterostomy is rarely encountered, the possibility of its presence must be borne in mind if the clinical condition of the patient suggests small‐bowel obstruction following gastric surgery.