Radiographic evaluation of complications after jejunoileal bypass surgery.
A retrospective analysis of 89 patients who underwent jejunoileal bypass surgery for morbid obesity disclosed 33 complications that were detected radiographically. Intestinal obstruction (10.1% of patients), cholecystitis (5.6%), renal stones (4.5%), peptic ulcer (3.4%), megacolon (6.7%), and elongation of the small intestine with hypertrophy of the mucosal folds of the jejunum (6.7%) were diagnosed solely by radiographic means.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery*; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies