Endoscopic treatment of suture line bleeding ulcer caused by nonabsorbable suture material in postvagotomy patients
Witz, M.; Leichtmann, G.; Novis, B.; Dinbar, A.
Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 21(12): 982-984
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-2180 PMID: 4093299 Document Number: 260462
Two postvagotomy patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, which appeared several months after operation, are reported. Endoscopy showed the pyloroplasty suture line to be ulcerated and bleeding, with a few strands of silk protruding from edematous mucosa. The history of suture line ulceration and the contribution of endoscopy to its diagnosis and treatment are reviewed.