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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2010; 16(27): 3472-3474
Published online Jul 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i27.3472
Published online Jul 21, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i27.3472
Anterograde jejunojejunal intussusception resulted in acute efferent loop syndrome after subtotal gastrectomy
Jung Myun Kwak, Jin Kim, Sung Ock Suh, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, 5 ga, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, South Korea
Author contributions: Kwak JM wrote the manuscript and reviewed the literature; Kim J and Suh SO treated the patients in the surgical department and reviewed the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Jin Kim, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Korea University College of Medicine, 126-1, 5 ga, Anam-dong, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul 136-705, South Korea. dr.jaykim@gmail.com
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Received: February 12, 2010
Revised: April 7, 2010
Accepted: April 14, 2010
Published online: July 21, 2010
Revised: April 7, 2010
Accepted: April 14, 2010
Published online: July 21, 2010
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Intussusception, Postoperative complications, Gastrectomy