Anterograde jejunojejunal intussusception resulted in acute efferent loop syndrome after subtotal gastrectomy.
Postoperative intussusception is an unusual clinical entity in adults, and is rarely encountered as a complication following gastric surgery. The most common type after gastric surgery is retrograde jejunogastric intussusception, and jejunojejunal intussusception has been rarely reported. We report a case of anterograde jejunojejunal intussusception after radical subtotal gastrectomy with Billroth II anastomosis in a 38-year-old Korean woman with early gastric cancer, and include a review of the literature on this unusual complication.
Kwak
Jung Myun
JM
Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, 5 ga, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, South Korea.
Kim
Jin
J
Suh
Sung Ock
SO
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005743:Gastrectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007443:Intussusception / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery