MASSIVELY BLEEDING GASTRIC POUCH ULCER AFTER SILASTIC RING VERTICAL GASTROPLASTY SUCCESSFULLY TREATED ENDOSCOPICALLY - A REPORT OF 2 CASES

Authors
KYZER S GELBER E RABINOVICH Y LURIE B BINDER Y CHAIMOFF C
Citation
S. Kyzer et al., MASSIVELY BLEEDING GASTRIC POUCH ULCER AFTER SILASTIC RING VERTICAL GASTROPLASTY SUCCESSFULLY TREATED ENDOSCOPICALLY - A REPORT OF 2 CASES, Obesity surgery, 7(2), 1997, pp. 158-160
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Obesity surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608923
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
158 - 160
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8923(1997)7:2<158:MBGPUA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Two patients who developed massive bleeding from a gastric pouch ulcer are described. This rare complications occurred during the early post operative course after silicone ring vertical gastroplasty (SRVG). In both cases the bleeding stopped after the ulcers were injected with ep inephrine and alcohol. Both ulcers healed after 1 month of treatment w ith omeprazole (Losec(R)). The probable etiology of this rare complica tion is discussed.