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[Haemorrhagic oesophagitis: an unrecognised source of bleeding in the post-gastrectomy patient (author's transl)]. 1977

P Boutelier, and P de Mestier

Four cases of recurrent upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage occurred in patients who had undergone gastrectomy for ulcer, being secondary to reflux oesophagitis. This cause of bleeding is poorly recognised and the exact occurrence rate can be determined by the general and routine use of fibroscopy during the haemorrhage. The diagnostic and physiopathological problems are discussed. Repositioning of the cardia with the fashioning of an effective anti-reflux mechanism invariably led to the suppression of these haemorrhages.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D002299	Cardia	That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).	Cardias
D004941	Esophagitis	INFLAMMATION, acute or chronic, of the ESOPHAGUS caused by BACTERIA, chemicals, or TRAUMA.	Esophagitides
D005743	Gastrectomy	Excision of the whole (total gastrectomy) or part (subtotal gastrectomy, partial gastrectomy, gastric resection) of the stomach. (Dorland, 28th ed)	Gastrectomies
D006471	Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage	Bleeding in any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM.	Hematochezia,Hemorrhage, Gastrointestinal,Gastrointestinal Hemorrhages,Hematochezias
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly