Perforated Small Bowel Diverticulitis After Gastric Bypass
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We report a rare case of complicated jejunal diverticulitis in a patient with previous bariatric surgery. Small bowel diverticulosis is generally considered an inoffensive disease. In this report we describe a case of small bowel perforation in an obese subject who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
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دوره 18 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014