Small bowel ischemia secondary to gastric pacemaker wires-a case report.

Vinay Goyal, Mohanad Elshiekh, Kyle Drinnon, Yanna Puckett

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Small Bowel Obstruction Secondary to Coiling of Gastric Electrical Stimulator Leads: A Rare Complication of Gastroparesis Management.Radiology case reports · 2025
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vinay GoyalDepartment of Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Mohanad ElshiekhDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA.

Kyle DrinnonDepartment of Urology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Yanna PuckettNancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer and Research Pavilion, Savannah, GA, USA.

Baylor College of Medicine · USTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

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Abstract

Gastric stimulator has been used as a surgical option for patients with gastroparesis refractory to medical management. Only one previous report of small bowel gangrene secondary to gastric pacemaker wires has been reported in the literature. Our patient was a 38-year-old woman with a history of systemic lupus erythematosus and history of total colectomy who underwent an uneventful open gastric pacemaker placement for idiopathic gastroparesis. Four months after the initial placement of the pacemaker, she presented to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain and was found to have gangrene of 140 cm of small bowel secondary to looping of gastric pacemaker wires around small bowel mesentery. She underwent uneventful small bowel resection and anastomosis with an ileorectal anastomosis. This case highlights the need for a high index of suspicion for this catastrophic complication in patients with gastric pacemakers.

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bowel gangrenebowel strangulationGastric pacemakershort gut syndrome

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PMID37064060

DOI10.1093/jscr/rjad174

PMCPMC10097542

OpenAlexW4366082878

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