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Life-threatening Petersen's hernia following open Beger's procedure

Petersen's hernia (an internal hernia between the transverse mesocolon and Roux limb following Roux-en-Y reconstruction) is well described following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. We describe a Petersen-type hernia in a patient who had undergone complex open upper gastrointestinal surgery...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Goh, Yan Li, Haworth, Alexander, Wilson, Jeremy, Magee, Conor J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4796940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26994105
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw036
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Sumario:Petersen's hernia (an internal hernia between the transverse mesocolon and Roux limb following Roux-en-Y reconstruction) is well described following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. We describe a Petersen-type hernia in a patient who had undergone complex open upper gastrointestinal surgery for chronic pancreatitis.