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- Title
T-Tube Gastrostomy as a Novel Approach for Distal Staple Line Disruption after Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
- Authors
Court, Ismael; Wilson, Aaron; Benotti, Peter; Szomstein, Samuel; Rosenthal, Raul J.
- Abstract
Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy has recently become a feasible option in the management of morbid obesity. One of the most feared complications of this procedure is staple line disruption and leakage. There are, to our knowledge, few literature reports that try to explain the reasons and management of this rare but serious complication. We report a case of staple line disruption that was managed using a T-tube gastrostomy. A 50-year-old female, 2 weeks status post-sleeve gastrectomy in an outside facility, was admitted to the emergency room at Cleveland Clinic Florida with new onset of fever, abdominal pain, jaundice, hematemesis, and melena. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen revealed a large extravasation of contrast material parallel to the gastric sleeve. A diagnostic laparoscopy was performed that showed a distal and proximal disruption of the staple line. A T-tube gastrostomy with a large proximal and distal limb was placed into the most distal area of disruption. After thorough over sewing and drainage of the proximal site and T-tube, a feeding jejunostomy was placed. The T-tube permitted to control the leak and to have a controlled fistula. Four weeks postoperatively, the T-tube was removed after the patient had a negative Gastrografin study and tolerated oral fluids with a clamped T-tube. The long-term recovery and follow-up were uneventful. T-tube gastrostomy appears to be a safe and feasible treatment option for staple line disruption after vertical sleeve gastrectomy. Early detection and drainage remain the most important principles to manage this type of complication.
- Subjects
GASTRECTOMY complications; BARIATRIC surgery; MORBID obesity; GASTRIC banding; TOMOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL pain
- Publication
Obesity Surgery, 2010, Vol 20, Issue 4, p519
- ISSN
0960-8923
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.1007/s11695-009-9898-3