Percutaneous bowel drainage for jaundice due to afferent loop obstruction following pancreatoduodenectomy: report of a case.
A case of jaundice due to an obstruction of the afferent loop following a pancreatoduodenectomy is presented. The dilated loop of the jejunum was drained percutaneously with a 12-F gastrostomy tube. Localized peritonitis around the puncture site was managed conservatively and the obstructive jaundice improved. The treatment strategy for this type of jaundice is discussed.
Moriura
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Department of Surgery, Yachiyo Hospital, 1-10-13 Toei-cho, Anjo 446-8510, Japan.
Takayama
Y
Y
Nagata
J
J
Akutagawa
A
A
Hirano
A
A
Ishiguro
S
S
Matsumoto
T
T
Sato
T
T
D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D016577:Pancreaticoduodenectomy; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*