[Case report of internal hernia after surgery for gastric cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2010 Nov;37(12):2475-7.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We report rare cases of internal hernia after surgery for gastric cancer. Four patients who had undergone gastrectomy (Roux-en Y reconstruction) for gastric cancer were admitted to our hospital after onset of abdominal pain or vomiting. Abdominal X-ray revealed small intestine gas and niveau, and abdominal CT scan showed the whirl sign in all cases. We diagnosed internal hernia and performed surgery. In 3 cases, small intestine was strangulated through the space between the mesentery of the Roux-Limb and transverse mesocolon, and in one case, it was strangulated through the space between the mesentery of the Roux-Limb and the mesentery of afferent loop. We reversed the ileal strangulation and closed the hernia orifice.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y*
  • Gastrectomy*
  • Hernia / diagnostic imaging
  • Hernia / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Stomach Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed