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Abstract
A complication of gastrojejunostomy (BILLROTH II PROCEDURE), a reconstructive GASTROENTEROSTOMY. It is caused by acute (complete) or chronic (intermittent) obstruction of the afferent jejunal loop due to HERNIA, intussusception, kinking, VOLVULUS, etc. It is characterized by PAIN and VOMITING of BILE-stained fluid.
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- Afferent Loop Syndromes
- Loop Syndrome, Afferent
- Loop Syndromes, Afferent
- Syndrome, Afferent Loop
- Syndromes, Afferent Loop
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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70(69); was see under DUMPING SYNDROME 1963-69
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- Dumping Syndrome (1966-1968)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Afferent Loop Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000343. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000343
- Afferent Loop Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afferent_loop_syndrome
- Afferent Loop Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17521095