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Case Reports
. 2023 Aug;33(8):2620-2624.
doi: 10.1007/s11695-023-06694-0. Epub 2023 Jul 4.

Redo Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in a Patient with Intestinal Malrotation: Report of a Case and Video Vignette

Ingeborg Bohlmann  1 , Werner Müller  2 , Antonius Schuster  3 , Claudius Falch  2
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Redo Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in a Patient with Intestinal Malrotation: Report of a Case and Video Vignette

Ingeborg Bohlmann et al. Obes Surg. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Unknown intestinal rotation anomaly poses a challenge in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. We present a case of a patient with intestinal non-rotation that stayed undetected throughout performing a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. As a result, the alimentary limb was constructed in an anti-peristaltic way, and the whole gastric bypass was located far more distally than usual. Postoperatively, the patient presented with recurring nausea and vomiting. After several diagnostic steps, a computed tomography finally revealed the inadvertently reverse directed gastric bypass and the pre-existing condition of intestinal non-rotation. This was followed by a diagnostic laparoscopy and the reconstruction of the gastric bypass in "mirrored" technique.

Keywords: Complications bariatric surgery; Gastric bypass; Intestinal malrotation.

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