Abdominal pain and internal hernias after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: are we dealing with the tip of an iceberg?

CONCLUSIONS: Based on abdominal pain characteristics, we can reasonably postulate the presence of remittent bowel torsions (remittent internal hernia) in many patients after antecolic RYGB, only occasionally complicating. Therapeutic management of these cases remains controversial, being laparoscopic exploration a reasonable option when symptomatology is suggestive.
PMID: 31125004 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Acta Bio-Medica : Atenei Parmensis - May 22, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tartamella F, Ziccarelli A, Cecchini S, Ferro M, Riccò M, Baldini E, Mancini R, Anselmino M, Marchesi F Tags: Acta Biomed Source Type: research