Afferent limb syndrome after total proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anal canal anastomosis

Abstract Background Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common postoperative complication of ulcerative colitis (UC). There have been a few recent reports of afferent limb syndrome (ALS) as a rare occurrence in cases of SBO. We present a case of ALS with recurrent SBO that was successfully managed su...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Keiji Matsuda, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Kentaro Asako, Yuka Okada, Kohei Ohno, Mitsuo Tsukamoto, Yoshihisa Fukushima, Ryu Shimada, Tsuyoshi Ozawa, Tamuro Hayama, Keijiro Nozawa, Takeo Fukagawa, Yuko Sasajima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-020-00968-w