ISSN: 2578-482X
Authors: Alberto Perez Castilla A* and Penailillo P
Obesity today is a public health problem in most industrialized countries, Chile does not escape this reality. Despite the availability of medical treatments and changes in lifestyle, bariatric surgery is a safe and reliable therapeutic alternative for long-term treatment. However, it is not free of risks or complications. Intussusception is a complication that must be suspected, although its reportad incidence is close to 0.1-0.3%. In this Report, we describe an un usual case in a patient presenting acute alitiasis cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis secondary to gastric intussusception in the duodenum, 4 months after surgery for Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.
Keywords: Bariatric surgery; Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass; Alitiasic Cholecystitis; Colic abdominal pain; Laparoscopy
