Items tagged “bariatric surgery”

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Petersen hernia

Petersen hernias are internal hernias which occur in the potential space posterior to a gastrojejunostomy. This hernia is caused by the herniation of intestinal loops through the defect between the small bowel limbs, the transverse mesocolon and the retroperitoneum, after any type of gastrojejun...
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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

A Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is one of the most common bariatric surgeries, used to treat morbid obesity. In this laparoscopic operation, the stomach is stapled or divided to form a small pouch (typically <30 mL in volume), which is anastomosed to the Roux limb (also known as the efferent or alim...
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Roux limb obstruction

  Diagnosis certain
Bruno Di Muzio
Published 05 Sep 2023
95% complete
CT Barium
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Slipped gastric band

  Diagnosis certain
Henry Knipe
Published 05 Apr 2015
84% complete
X-ray CT
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Jejunocolic bypass

Jejunocolic bypass was an early form of bariatric surgery. It is no longer performed due to severe side effects. For this bypass, the proximal small bowel (jejunum) is transected and anastomosed to the colon (such as the transverse colon). The other end of the small bowel is closed and the dist...
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Jejunoileal bypass

Jejunoileal bypass is an older form of bariatric surgery that was developed to be an improvement on jejunocolic bypass. It is no longer performed due to severe side effects. For this bypass, the proximal small bowel (jejunum) is divided ~35 cm past the ligament of Treitz, and the proximal end i...
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Biliopancreatic diversion

Biliopancreatic diversion was a development on the jejunoileal bypass type of bariatric surgery. It can be performed with or without a duodenal switch. Biliopancreatic diversion was originally described by Scopinaro in 1979 as an alternative to jejunoileal bypass surgery for morbidly obese pati...
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Roux limb

A Roux limb may be formed in multiple different gastrointestinal surgeries, including bariatric surgery, e.g. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass biliopancreatic diversion partial gastrectomy total gastrectomy partial pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure) In these procedures, the small bowel i...
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Gastric band overinflation

  Diagnosis probable
Ghufran Aref Saeed
Published 03 Mar 2017
74% complete
CT X-ray Fluoroscopy

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