title: Perforation of duodenal stump ten years after partial gastrectomy.
abstract: Described is a patient who developed spontaneous perforation of the duodenal stump of a Billroth II anastomosis done ten years ago. This catastrophe is thought to have resulted from acute afferent-loop obstruction, a rare but recognized late postgastrectomy complication. The patient died of hemodialysis disequilibrium syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005743:Gastrectomy; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors