| Literature DB >> 17879589 |
Mohamed Sukeik1, Bassam Alkari, Basil J Ammori.
Abstract
Morbidly obese patients are predisposed to developing abdominal wall hernias with the potential complication of small bowel obstruction. We report a patient who developed an obstructed paraumbilical hernia a few days after laparoscopic gastric bypass and died of aspiration pneumonia after re-laparoscopy. The controversy regarding the optimal time and method of repair of abdominal wall hernias in patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass is discussed with emphasis placed on either a simultaneous repair or to split the omentum to one side leaving incarcerated omentum that is plugging the hernia defect in place for a delayed repair.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17879589 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-007-9129-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129