Acute Abdominal Pain in the Bariatric Surgery Patient

作者：Lewis Kyle D^*; Takenaka Katrin Y; Luber Samuel D

来源：Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2016, 34(2): 387-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.emc.2015.12.004

• Anastomotic leak
• Anastomotic stenosis
• Stomal ulcer
• Hernia
• Dilatation
• Band erosion
• Band slippage
• Gastric prolapse

Obesity is present in epidemic proportions in the United States, and bariatric surgery has become more common. Thus, emergency physicians will undoubtedly encounter many patients who have undergone one of these procedures. Knowledge of the anatomic changes specific to these procedures aids the clinician in understanding potential complications and devising an organized differential diagnosis. This article reviews common bariatric surgery procedures, their complications, and the approach to acute abdominal pain in these patients.

• 出版日期2016-5