Intestinal hemorrhage due to blind loops. 3 cases and review of the literature
Rogé, J.; Alexandre J-H; Cassan, P.; Chatel, A.; Marche, C.; Camilleri J-P; Silvereano-Rogé, F.; Coulbois, J.; de Hochepied, F.
La Semaine des Hopitaux Organe Fonde Par l'Association d'Enseignement Medical des Hopitaux de Paris 53(40): 2247-2252
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-1777 PMID: 204040 Document Number: 118514
The authors report 3 cases of intestinal bleeding either micro- or macroscopic induced by ulcers in blind loops. The blind loops developed in all 3 cases on side-to-side ileocolic anastomoses. In one of the patients, the ulcers were demonstrated by colonoscopy. The 3 cases reported are quite comparable to the 18 cases found in the world literature. These hemorrhages may become severe by their abundance or repetition, but a cure is easily obtained by resection of the intestinal blind loops and restoration of the continuity by end-to-end anastomosis.