An unusual complication of gastric bypass: perforated duodenal ulcer.
Peptic ulcer in the excluded segment of a gastric bypass has been reported in the literature in only 17 cases. We report a 54-year-old woman with a perforated duodenal ulcer, who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity 15 months previously. She was successfully treated by a laparoscopic repair of the perforated duodenal ulcer.
Mittermair
Reinhard
R
Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. reinhard.mittermair@aon.at
Renz
Oliver
O
D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000601:surgery; D010439:Peptic Ulcer Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy