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Lisa Marie Presley's cause of death was a small bowel obstruction linked to bariatric surgery..
Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock and roll sensation Elvis Presley, died of complications linked to bariatric surgery, according to authorities...
Insider previously reported that the Medical Examiner of Los Angeles Countyrevealed on Thursday that she died due to complications from a small bowel obstruction linked to the procedure, which she had several years ago...
Small bowel obstructions are "relatively common" in bariatric surgery patients, according to the authors of a 2015 paper that found 6% of 249 surgeries studied were followed by an SBO...
According to a review published in the journal Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, bowel obstruction related to adhesions is more common after open procedures, while in patients who have had a prior laparoscopic, or keyhole,gastric bypass, over 50% are caused by internal hernias..
