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Case Reports
A woman with abdominal pain and bilious vomiting. A very late aftermath of Billroth II gastrectomy.
- M Golioto.
- Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham 27710, USA. golio001@mc.duke.edu
- N C Med J. 2000 Nov 1; 61 (6): 338-40.
AbstractPatients with a history of Billroth II gastrojejunostomy who present with a symptom complex of postprandial nausea, fullness, and bilious vomiting leading to relief should be suspected of having an afferent loop syndrome. Diagnosis depends on barium radiography and upper intestinal endoscopy. Surgical correction is the treatment. The current age of medical therapy has dramatically decreased the frequency and necessity of surgery for peptic ulcer disease. However, we should not forget the lessons of the past and fail to diagnose a patient who has a chronic complication of a previously common operation.
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