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Online Published: 28 Oct 2016
 


A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov.


Abstract
During the last four decades the laparoscopic surgery gradually underwent a full recognition and nowadays it is a “gold standard” treatment for many elective conditions and recently in wide variety of emergent conditions. However, its use in bowel obstruction is still under debate and high-level evidence are lacking.
Herein we present a case of 36-year-old man with small bowel intussusception due to metastases from melanoma initially treated laparoscopically. Diagnostic challenges and pitfalls of laparoscopic treatment are discussed.
Multiple gastrointestinal metastases should be considered in all cases with small bowel obstruction and a history of melanoma. Although laparoscopy is increasingly used in emergency setting and appears to be feasible and safe treatment of small bowel obstruction it should be used with a caution in cases with suspected metastasized malignant melanoma.

Key words: small bowel intussusception laparoscopy, small bowel intussusception treatment, small bowel intussusception laparoscopic surgery


 
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Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


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Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. https://www.ejos.org/?mno=242404 [Access: September 13, 2024]. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception


AMA (American Medical Association) Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med. (2016), [cited September 13, 2024]; 2(4): 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



Harvard Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov (2016) A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. Int J Surg Med, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



Turabian Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. 2016. A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



Chicago Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. "A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2 (2016), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov. "A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2.4 (2016), 230-233. Print. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Ventsislav Mutafchiyski, Georgi Kotashev, Mihail Tabakov, Jasmina Mihailova, Georgi Popivanov (2016) A CASE OF LAPAROSCOPIC-ASSISTED TREATMENT OF SMALL BOWEL INTUSSUSCEPTION DUE TO METASTASES FROM MALIGNANT MELANOMA - A WORD OF CAUTION. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (4), 230-233. doi:10.5455/ijsm.laparoscopy-small-bowel-intussusception