Nonspecific ulcerated jejunitis as an unusual complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: report of a case.
Surg Today
; 30(3): 277-81, 2000.
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| ID: mdl-10752783
ABSTRACT
We describe herein the case of a 65-year-old man in whom a lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage developed a few days after he underwent an elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A laparotomy was performed on postoperative day 16 and a jejunal segment containing mucosal changes and oozing ulcers was resected. Pathologic examination of the specimen revealed "nonspecific ulcerated jejunitis." There is no explanation for the etiopathogenesis of this pathology; however, we concluded that this clinical picture may be attributed to ischemia-reperfusion injury that occurred following an ischemic period caused by the pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopic surgery.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ulcer
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Reperfusion Injury
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Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
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Jejunal Diseases
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Surg Today
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Turkey