Intestinal obstruction

Phytobezoar: A Cause of Intestinal Obstruction in Patients After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

General Surgery
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Juan Eduardo Flores-Martín, MD, Armando Pereyra-Talamantes, MSc, Humberto Salvador López-Téllez, MD Department of Surgery, Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico (Drs Flores-Martín, Pereyra-Talamantes, and López-Téllez). ABSTRACT Background: Intestinal obstruction is a common late complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, most commonly due to internal herniation or anastomotic strictures. Bezoars are a rare cause of obstruction […]

Laparoscopic Repair of Incarcerated Intersigmoid Hernia

General Surgery
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Aideen Campbell, MBBS, and Gary K. Atkin, MD Department of Surgery, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Barnet, UK (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: An intersigmoid hernia is a type of internal hernia and is a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction. It occurs because of a congenital peritoneal defect at the root of the sigmoid mesocolon

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