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Gastric volvulus complicating left hepatic lobectomy

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A 9-month-old male infant underwent a left hepatic lobectomy for hepatoblastoma. Gastric volvulus developed postoperatively and was corrected at a second laparotomy. Although left hepatic lobectomy is not an uncommon surgical procedure, this may be the first documented case of gastric volvulus complicating such a procedure.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Jiin-Haur Chuang & Chie-Song Hsieh

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China

    So-Chu Huang

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, No. 123, Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Yung-Liang Wan

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Chuang, JH., Hsieh, CS., Huang, SC. et al. Gastric volvulus complicating left hepatic lobectomy. Pediatr Surg Int 8, 255–256 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00182532

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