Congenital diaphragm of the duodenum causing intestinal obstruction in an adult
โ Scribed by C. N. Hudson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1961
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 360 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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SPONTANEOUS small-intestinal volvulus is common i n some vegetarian populations in Africa (Kerr and Kirkaldy-Willis, 1946) and in India (Banerji, 195 I) in districts where a bulky farinaceous diet is taken. This precipitating factor is absent in European countries and the condition of spontaneous (p
but in his cases the onset was some years after the operation, and the site of the obstruction was at the gastrojejunal anastomosis. ## SUMMARY Two cases are recorded of sudden early postoperative duodenal distension following Polya gastrectomy. T h e distension was apparently produced by a 'phys