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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 82-83 |
Retrograde intussusception seven years after a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Leon D Boudourakis, Celia Divino, Scott Nguyen
Department of Surgery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
Correspondence Address:
Leon D Boudourakis
Department of Sugery, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, 5 East 98th Street, 14th Floor, Suite A, New York, NY
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/0972-9941.110969
Intussusception after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is more common than previously believed. It usually occurs between one and three years post-operatively, though we present a case that presented with a retrograde intussusception necessitating bowel resection seven years after a laparoscpic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. The diagnosis and etiological theories are discussed based on findings from the literature.
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