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One-anastomosis Gastric Bypass OAGB in Rats
Published on: November 10, 2018
Intestinal obstruction following gastric bypass
Ana Carolina Brochado Geist1, Cláudio Corá Mottin2, Carlos Frota Dillenburg3
1Serviço de Atendimento ao paciente Obeso metabólico (SAO), Av. Dr Maurício Cardoso 931 sala 12, 93510-335, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil; Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Purpose:
To draw the attention of the medical community to a differential diagnosis of intestinal obstruction due to bezoar in the late postoperative period of gastric bypass that requires diagnosis and emergency management.
Methods:
We report 8 cases of patients with intestinal obstruction due to bezoar in the late postoperative period of gastric bypass who required surgical intervention.
Conclusion:
Intestinal obstruction due to fruit pomace is a late complication that may require urgent surgical intervention and should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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