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Tuesday 22 March 2016

WUTH publication: Life-threatening Petersen's hernia following open Beger's procedure

Citation: Journal of Surgical Case Reports. 2016, 3
Author: Goh YL, Haworth A, Wilson J, Magee CJ
Abstract: Petersen's hernia (an internal hernia between the transverse mesocolon and Roux limb following Roux-en-Y reconstruction) is well described following laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. We describe a Petersen-type hernia in a patient who had undergone complex open upper gastrointestinal surgery for chronic pancreatitis.
Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016.

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