Kagoma Yoan K, Gayer Gabriela
Division of Body Imaging-Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA.
Division of Body Imaging-Department of Radiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA; Sheba Medical Center, affiliated to Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2018 Apr;39(2):145-150. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2017.11.002. Epub 2017 Nov 14.
Internal hernia in the postoperative laparoscopic Roux-en-Y patient is a diagnosis associated with significant morbidity and risk of death. The radiologist plays an instrumental role in workup of this patient group; however, the imaging assessment of these patients is not straightforward given their complex postsurgical anatomy. Multiple radiologic signs of internal hernia have been studied in the literature. This review article presents these signs with representative cases as well as a summary of their diagnostic accuracy.