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Diagnosis of transmesocolic internal hernia as a complication of retrocolic gastric bypass: CT imaging criteria.

Reddy SA, Yang C, McGinnis LA, Seggerman RE, Garza E, Ford KL

Department of Radiology, Baylor University Medical Center, 3500 Gaston Ave., Dallas, TX 75231, USA. surajreddy02@yahoo.com

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to define the CT findings of surgically proven transmesocolic internal hernia after laparoscopic gastric bypass. CONCLUSION: Use of four CT signs should give radiologists a high degree of accuracy and confidence in recognizing internal hernia in patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery.

Published 20 June 2007 in AJR Am J Roentgenol, 189(1): 52-5.
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