Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage from ischemia of an interposed jejunal segment in the esophagus.
We report a patient who presented with hematemesis due to ischemic injury to the jejunal segment which had been interposed following distal esophagectomy for a benign esophageal stricture. The complications of this surgery are reviewed.
Subramanyam
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University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
Kolb
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WG
D000368:Aged; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006396:Hematemesis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy