Clinical management for malignant afferent loop obstruction

Afferent loop obstruction (ALO) is defined as duodenal or jejunal mechanical obstruction at the proximal anastomosis site of a gastrojejunostomy. With advances in chemotherapy, the incidence of malignant ALO is increasing. Malignant ALO can be complicated by ischemia, gangrenous bowel, pancreatitis,...

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Published in:World J Gastrointest Oncol
Main Authors: Sakai, Arata, Shiomi, Hideyuki, Masuda, Atsuhiro, Kobayashi, Takashi, Yamada, Yasutaka, Kodama, Yuzo
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299933/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34322197
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4251/wjgo.v13.i7.684
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