Gastrojejunocolic fistula following surgery for peptic ulcer. 1997

N Subramaniasivam, and N Ananthakrishnan, and V Kate, and S R Smile, and S Jagdish, and K Srinivasan
Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.

This article aims to emphasize that gastrojejunocolic fistula following peptic ulcer surgery, though uncommon in the post vagotomy era, still continues to occur. We stress the changing trends in its epidemiology, aetiopathogenesis and treatment. The case records of 12 patients with gastrojejunocolic fistula (seen over a 15 year period) were reviewed. Details regarding clinical presentation, investigations and treatment were analyzed and the results compared with previous published series. All the 12 patients in this study had a short loop posterior retrocolic gastrojejunostomy as part of the primary peptic ulcer surgery. Diarrhoea and profound weight loss was present in all of them. Incompleteness of vagotomy was proved in all the six patients investigated for the same. The fistula was demonstrated in all of them on barium enema, while it was seen on upper GI endoscopy in 4. Eight patients were treated by a one stage resection and repair of fistula. A three stage procedure was performed in two.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007412 Intestinal Fistula An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS). Cholecystoduodenal Fistula,Colovesical Fistula,Enterocutaneous Fistula,Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal,Fistula, Colovesical,Fistula, Enterocutaneous,Fistula, Intestinal
D007579 Jejunal Diseases Pathological development in the JEJUNUM region of the SMALL INTESTINE. Disease, Jejunal,Diseases, Jejunal,Jejunal Disease
D008297 Male Males
D010437 Peptic Ulcer Ulcer that occurs in the regions of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT which come into contact with GASTRIC JUICE containing PEPSIN and GASTRIC ACID. It occurs when there are defects in the MUCOSA barrier. The common forms of peptic ulcers are associated with HELICOBACTER PYLORI and the consumption of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS). Gastroduodenal Ulcer,Marginal Ulcer,Gastroduodenal Ulcers,Marginal Ulcers,Peptic Ulcers,Ulcer, Gastroduodenal,Ulcer, Marginal,Ulcer, Peptic,Ulcers, Gastroduodenal,Ulcers, Marginal,Ulcers, Peptic
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D003108 Colonic Diseases Pathological processes in the COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE). Colonic Disease,Disease, Colonic,Diseases, Colonic
D005260 Female Females
D005402 Fistula Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body. Fistulas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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