Abstract

LOPEZ-ALMANZA, Perla X. et al. Intestinal intussusception as a postoperative complication of gastric bypass. Cir. cir. [online]. 2024, vol.92, n.1, pp.120-123.  Epub May 07, 2024. ISSN 2444-054X.  https://doi.org/10.24875/ciru.21000795.

The gold standard for bariatric surgery is the laparoscopic gastric bypass, which consists in forming a small gastric pouch and a Roux-en-Y anastomosis. We present the case of a 41-year-old female who underwent a laparoscopic gastric bypass 8 years prior to her admission to the emergency room, where she arrived complaining of severe and colicky epigastric abdominal pain. The abdominal computed tomography showed a jejuno-jejunal intussusception, for which the patient underwent urgent exploratory laparotomy with intussusception reduction. Intestinal intussusception is a possible postoperative complication of a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Keywords : Intussusception; Gastric bypass; Bariatric surgery.