Recurrent Abdominal Pain after Laparoscopic Appendectomy.

Recurrent Abdominal Pain after Laparoscopic Appendectomy. Korean J Gastroenterol. 2017 Mar 25;69(3):187-190 Authors: Seo KI, Kim SE, Park MI, Park SJ, Moon W, Kim JH, Jung K, Park JG Abstract Laparoscopic surgical approaches, compared with open surgical approaches, provide comparable clinical outcomes, but lower complications. Unfortunately, a rare complication-portomesenteric vein thrombosis-had been reported after laparoscopic surgery. A 42-year-old woman was referred our hospital for recurrent abdominal pain after laparoscopic appendectomy from acute appendicitis. It was determined that abdominal pain was due to postoperative superior mesenteric vein thrombus. A six-month anticoagulation therapy is an excellent treatment for superior mesenteric vein thrombus . Therefore, physicians should be aware of portomesenteric vein thrombosis in patients with newly developed abdominal pain after successful laparoscopic surgical management. PMID: 28329922 [PubMed - in process]
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