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Case Report
Richter port site hernia as cause of acute bowel obstruction after laparoscopic gastric bypass: A case report
1 General Surgery Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hamad Alkanhal
MD, General Surgery Department, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Article ID: 100112Z12HA2022
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Alkanhal H, Alsuhaibani M, Ali B. Richter port site hernia as cause of acute bowel obstruction after laparoscopic gastric bypass: A case report. J Case Rep Images Surg 2022;8(2):43–46.ABSTRACT
Introduction: Early post-operative small bowel obstruction is challenging. After laparoscopic surgery, port site herniation and herniation through a peritoneal defect into the preperitoneal space should be considered as causes of early post-operative small bowel obstruction.
Case Report: A 36-year-old female developed early post-operative small bowel obstruction due to port-site Richter hernia after laparoscopic gastric bypass managed by diagnostic laparoscopy.
Conclusion: Early post-operative small bowel obstruction should always be suspected and diagnosed early in certain high risk procedures.
Keywords: Hernia, Obstruction, Port site, Post-operative, Richter
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Hamad Alkanhal - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Marya Alsuhaibani - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the article, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Bander Ali - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Analysis of data, Interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Guarantor of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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