Name
AFFERENT LOOP SYNDROME
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
INFREQUENTLY OCCURS FOLLOWING CONSTRUCTION OF GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY D.D. : - ABDOMINAL ABSCESS - ABDOMINAL HERNIAS - AC MESENTERIC ISCHAEMIA - ANEMIA - BACTERIAL OVER GROWTH SYNDROME - BENIGN GASTRIC TUMORS - BENIGN NEOPLASMA OF SMALL INTESTINE - BILE DUCT STRICTURES - BILE DUCT TUMORS - BILIARY COLIC - BILIARY OBSTRUCTION - CARCINOMA OF AMPULLA OF VATER - CHOLEDOCHAL CYSTS - CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS - GASTRIC OUTLET OBSTRUCTION - GASTRIC SARCOMA - GASTRIC ULCER GASTRIC VOLVULUS - GASTRITIS - INTESTINAL PERFORATION - MESENTERIC ARTRY THROMBOSIS OR ISCHAEMIA - MESENTERIC TUMORS - OMENTAL TORSION - BILE REFLUX GASTRITIS - PANCREATIC PSEUDOCYST OR CYSTIC TUMOR - INTRA ABDOMINAL ABSCESS* LFT & SERUM LIPASE & SERUM AMYLASE - INCREASED IN BILIARY OBSTRUCTION * CT SCAN ABDOMEN CONTRAST STUDY - STUDY OF CHOICE * MRI ABDOMEN * UPPER GI ENDOSCOPY
TYPENOTES
MEDICAL TREATMENT : 1. ANTIBIOTICS 2. GASTROINTESTINAL PROKINETICS LIKE - DOMPERIDON - ITOPRIDE - CISAPRIDE SURGICAL TREATMENT : - SURGICAL REVISION OF AFFERENT LOOP
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
SERUM AMYLASE, SERUM LIPASE, SERUM SODIUM, SERUM POTASSIUM, SERUM CHLORIDE, ULTRA SOUND WHOLE ABDOMEN - MALE, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, ENDOSCOPY UPPER G.I., MRI, LIVER FUNCTION TEST, CT SCAN CONTRAST STUDY