Upper gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy reveals the silk suture-line ulcer.
Suture-line ulceration can be prevented by the use of absorbable suture material in upper gastrointestinal operation. Suture-line ulceration can be diagnosed by the more careful and more frequent use of upper gastrointestinal fiberoptic endoscopy in a symptomatic postoperative patient with or without a positive upper gastrointestinal barium x-ray study. Suture-line ulceration can be treated by the gastroscope or by operation once the suture has been confirmed as the etiology of the ulceration.
D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D020699:Gastroscopes; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013537:Sutures