Vertical banded gastroplasty staple-line dehiscence after blunt trauma to the abdomen.
An extensive Medline search revealed no documentation in the literature regarding staple-line disruption of a vertical banded gastroplasty after blunt abdominal trauma. A 41-year-old woman with a past surgical history significant for a vertical banded gastroplasty 13 months ago was admitted to our hospital one week after an episode of blunt trauma to the abdomen. The patient presented with complaints of nausea, vomiting, and anorexia after the incident. The suspected diagnoses were stenosis of the stoma due to hematoma after the blunt trauma as well as staple-line dehiscence. A partial disruption of the vertical staple-line was identified by esophagogastroduodenoscopy and barium swallow.
Oyogoa
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Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital-Cornell Medical College, Brooklyn 11215, USA.
Komenaka
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Wise
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015391:Gastroplasty; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery*; D017792:Surgical Stapling; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000209:etiology*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*