Partial Gastrectomy

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Partial Gastrectomy


Side-Effects

  • reduced gastric capacity
    • improves over first few months
  • 'Dumping'
  • Episodic bilious vomiting
  • Blind Loop Syndrome
  • Bolus obstruction
  • Intestinal hurry / diarrhoea
  • Weight loss
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency
    • macrocytic anaemia
    • subacute combined degeneration of the cord
  • Iron deficiency anaemia
  • recurrent ulceration
  • osteomalacia
    • Ca and Vit d malabsorption
  • malignant change
 

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