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Internal Hernia with Small Bowel Volvulus in a Patient with Altered Gut Motility: A Complication of Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy

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  1. Wilford Hall Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, USA

    Mark B. Potter, Steven B. Bowers & Alejandro Pruitt

  2. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Brooke Army Medical Center, 3851 Roger Brooke Drive, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 78234, USA

    Mark B. Potter

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Potter, M.B., Bowers, S.B. & Pruitt, A. Internal Hernia with Small Bowel Volvulus in a Patient with Altered Gut Motility: A Complication of Direct Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy. Dig Dis Sci 52, 1910–1913 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-007-9813-5

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Keywords

  • Direct percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy
  • Small bowel volvulus
  • Small bowel obstruction
  • Transthyretin amyloidosis
  • Superior mesentery artery syndrome