Bleeding from the bypassed stomach following gastric bypass.
Of 3,000 patients with gastric bypass, eight had bleeding develop from acid peptic disease in the bypassed segment. Bleeding was both acute and chronic and did not respond to nonoperative therapy. Endoscopy differentiated between stomal ulcers and distal pouch bleeding. Resection of the distal pouch was curative in all instances.
D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D010437:Peptic Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013270:Stomach / Q000601:surgery*