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Gastrointestinal bleeding following Roux-en- Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is rare. We report an unusual cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding following RYGB that was complicated by porto- splenic vein thrombosis. A 35- year- old woman was successfully treated by mesocaval surgical shunt for recurrent variceal hemorrhage in the excluded stomach following RYGB.
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Anurag Shrimal: contributed to concept and analysis, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects the work.
Ranjan Sudan: contributed to concept and analysis, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Gaurav Chaubal: contributed to concept, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Ahmad Zaaroura: contributed to concept and analysis, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Kitza Williams: contributed to concept, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
Kadiyala Ravindra: contributed to concept and analysis, drafting of the paper, final approval of paper and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.
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Shrimal, A., Sudan, R., Chaubal, G. et al. Report of Mesocaval Shunt in the Management of Variceal Hemorrhage Following Gastric Bypass Surgery. J Gastrointest Surg 21, 1742–1745 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-017-3450-x
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