title: Percutaneous cecostomy for Ogilvie syndrome: laboratory observations and clinical experience.
abstract: Percutaneous cecostomy (PCC) was evaluated in dogs and cadavers and by means of review of intraperitoneal contrast material-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scans and clinical experience in five patients with Ogilvie syndrome. It was shown that PCC can be accomplished with a variety of techniques (e.g. Seldinger or trocar puncture, tacking) and instruments (various types and sizes of retention and nonretention catheters). Anatomic studies revealed that the cecum is surrounded by the peritoneum for as much as 270 degrees of its circumference, so that a retroperitoneal approach to PCC would probably be unfeasible in most patients. PCC was effective in treating all five patients in this study, despite their advanced age and complicated medical conditions. Decompression of colonic gas was achieved with 8-12-F catheters, and no major complications occurred. Endoscopic decompression had been unsuccessfully attempted in four of the patients previously. It is concluded that PCC may be an important option in the treatment of Ogilvie syndrome and that the procedure may obviate surgery and be lifesaving in certain high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center 92103.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: vanSonnenberg
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Varney
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casola
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Macaulay
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Wittich
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Polansky
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schechter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002404:Catheterization; D002431:Cecostomy / Q000379:methods*; D003112:Colonic Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004285:Dogs; D004766:Enterostomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011677:Punctures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed