An unusual complication of gastric bypass: perforated duodenal ulcer

Obes Surg. 2007 May;17(5):701-3. doi: 10.1007/s11695-007-9122-2.

Abstract

Peptic ulcer in the excluded segment of a gastric bypass has been reported in the literature in only 17 cases. We report a 54-year-old woman with a perforated duodenal ulcer, who had undergone laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity 15 months previously. She was successfully treated by a laparoscopic repair of the perforated duodenal ulcer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Duodenal Ulcer / diagnosis
  • Duodenal Ulcer / etiology*
  • Duodenal Ulcer / therapy
  • Female
  • Gastric Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Obesity, Morbid / surgery
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnosis
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / etiology*
  • Peptic Ulcer Perforation / therapy