Perforated small bowel diverticulitis after gastric bypass

Ricard Corcelles; Mihai Pavel; Antonio Lacy

doi:10.4293/108680813X13654754535755

Perforated small bowel diverticulitis after gastric bypass

JSLS. 2014 Jan-Mar;18(1):142-5. doi: 10.4293/108680813X13654754535755.

Authors

Ricard Corcelles¹, Mihai Pavel², Antonio Lacy³

Affiliations

¹ Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, ICMDM, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Villarroel 170-08036 Barcelona, Spain rcodina@clinic.ub.es.
² Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
³ Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Barcelona University, Barcelona Spain.

Abstract

We report a rare case of complicated jejunal diverticulitis in a patient with previous bariatric surgery. Small bowel diverticulosis is generally considered an inoffensive disease. In this report we describe a case of small bowel perforation in an obese subject who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diverticulitis / complications*
Diverticulitis / diagnosis
Diverticulitis / surgery
Female
Gastric Bypass / adverse effects*
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / diagnosis
Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Intestine, Small*
Laparoscopy / methods
Middle Aged
Obesity, Morbid / surgery
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed