An Unusual Complication of Gastric Bypass: Perforated Duodenal Ulcer

Authors: Mittermair, Reinhard; Renz, Oliver

Source: Obesity Surgery, Volume 17, Number 5, May 2007 , pp. 705-707(3)

Publisher: Springer

Buy & download fulltext article:

Price: $47.00 plus tax (Refund Policy)

Abstract:

Peptic ulcer in the excluded segment of a gastric bypass has been reported in the literature in only 17 cases.We report a 54-year-old woman with a perforated duodenal ulcer, who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity 15 months previously. She was successfully treated by a laparoscopic repair of the perforated duodenal ulcer.

Keywords: Morbid obesity; laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; duodenal ulcer perforation; laparoscopic repair

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11695-007-9122-2

Affiliations: 1: Email: reinhard.mittermair@aon.at

Publication date: 2007-05-01

More about this publication?