Bleeding duodenal ulcer after roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
Postoperative upper gastrointestinal bleeding, though rare, is a potentially fatal complication of gastric bypass surgery that usually occurs a few months postoperation. The current report describes a 57-year-old man with a bleeding duodenal ulcer who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery 12 years earlier. With an increasing number of gastric bypass surgeries performed each year, physicians must be aware of their patients' altered gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology-as well as the potential for pathophysiology.
Zerey
Marc
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Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, 1000 Blythe Blvd, MEB 601, Charlotte, NC 28203-5812, USA.
Sigmon
Lee B
LB
Kuwada
Timothy S
TS
Heniford
B Todd
BT
Sing
Ronald F
RF
D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome