Acute gastric ulcer perforation in a 35 weeks' nulliparous patient with gastric banding

Offer Erez; Eli Maymon; Moshe Mazor

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.036

Acute gastric ulcer perforation in a 35 weeks' nulliparous patient with gastric banding

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2004 Nov;191(5):1721-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.036.

Authors

Offer Erez¹, Eli Maymon, Moshe Mazor

Affiliation

¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. [email protected]

PMID: 15547550
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.03.036

Abstract

We present a case of a primiparous patient at 35 weeks' gestation who had had laparoscopic gastric banding, and who presented to labor and delivery with protracted vomiting followed by an acute abdomen and fetal distress. An emergency surgery revealed acute gastric ulcer perforation. This complication, although rare, should be considered.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdomen, Acute / etiology
Acute Disease
Adult
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Treatment
Female
Gastroplasty
Humans
Obesity, Morbid / surgery*
Parity
Peptic Ulcer Perforation / complications
Peptic Ulcer Perforation / diagnosis*
Peptic Ulcer Perforation / pathology
Peptic Ulcer Perforation / surgery
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis*
Pregnancy Complications / etiology
Pregnancy Complications / pathology
Pregnancy Complications / surgery
Pregnancy Trimester, Third
Stomach Ulcer / complications
Stomach Ulcer / diagnosis*
Stomach Ulcer / pathology
Stomach Ulcer / surgery