Recurrent Abdominal Pain after Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
10.4166/kjg.2017.69.3.187
- Author:
Kwang Il SEO
1
;
Sung Eun KIM
;
Moo In PARK
;
Seun Ja PARK
;
Won MOON
;
Jae Hyun KIM
;
Kyoungwon JUNG
;
Jung Gu PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea. solefide@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Mesenteric veins;
Thrombus;
Appendectomy;
Laparoscopy;
Abdominal pain
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain*;
Adult;
Appendectomy*;
Appendicitis;
Female;
Humans;
Laparoscopy;
Mesenteric Veins;
Thrombosis;
Veins
- From:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
2017;69(3):187-190
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Laparoscopic surgical approaches, compared with open surgical approaches, provide comparable clinical outcomes, but lower complications. Unfortunately, a rare complication―portomesenteric vein thrombosis―had been reported after laparoscopic surgery. A 42-year-old woman was referred our hospital for recurrent abdominal pain after laparoscopic appendectomy from acute appendicitis. It was determined that abdominal pain was due to postoperative superior mesenteric vein thrombus. A six-month anticoagulation therapy is an excellent treatment for superior mesenteric vein thrombus . Therefore, physicians should be aware of portomesenteric vein thrombosis in patients with newly developed abdominal pain after successful laparoscopic surgical management.
