A Transmesenteric Hernia in a Child: Gangrene of a Long Segment of Small Bowel through a Large Mesenteric Defect / 대한소화기학회지
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
; : 320-323, 2009.
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ABSTRACT
Intestinal obstruction is a common surgical emergency. Transmesenteric hernia is an unusual cause of bowel obstruction that may result in irreversible damage of the bowel and a fatal outcome. Once incarceration of the bowel occurs, strangulation and gangrene follow immediately. The mortality rate associated with this condition is about 15%, but in the presence of gangrene of the bowel, the mortality rate is more than 50%. An accurate preoperative diagnosis of a transmesenteric hernia is very difficult and rarely made. Therefore, in patients with small bowel obstruction, in the absence of a history of previous surgery to suggest adhesions or an external hernia, the possibility of a transmesenteric hernia must be considered. We describe a case with gangrene of a long segment of the small bowel caused by a transmesenteric hernia through a large defect of small bowel mesentery in a child.
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Asunto principal:
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Gangrena
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Hernia
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Enfermedades del Íleon
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Obstrucción Intestinal
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Intestino Delgado
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Mesenterio
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Revista:
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Año:
2009
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Article