Validity of clinical criteria in the management of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography related duodenal perforations.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the validity of predetermined clinical and radiologic criteria in the management of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-related duodenal perforations (DPs).


METHODS
Prospective case series.


METHODS
Tertiary medical facility.


METHODS
Twenty-two individuals with ERCP-related DPs.


METHODS
The guidelines advocated operative management for patients with free contrast leak and those with positive peritoneal signs or other indicators suggesting sepsis irrespective of the mechanism or location of injury.


METHODS
Thirty-day mortality rates, success of nonoperative management, and complications related to nonoperative and operative policies.


RESULTS
Diagnosis of DP was accomplished early (within 6 hours of ERCP) in 20 of 22 patients (91%). Three patients with early positive peritoneal signs were treated surgically; 2 of them sustained injury from the endoscope, and the third by papillotomy. All 3 patients had significant findings justifying immediate surgery. Nineteen patients with retroperitoneal DPs due to papillotomy or guidewire insertion were treated nonoperatively. In patients diagnosed early (n = 17), only 1 failure (6%) occurred. In the 2 patients with delayed diagnosis, there was 1 failure, which culminated in death.


CONCLUSIONS
Our results might validate the role of clinical criteria for the selective management of ERCP-related DPs. These criteria were found to correlate well with radiologic findings and the mechanism of injury.
Assalia
Ahmad
A
Laparoscopic Service, Department of Surgery B, Rambam Medical Center Center and the Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. assaliaa@aol.com
Suissa
Alain
A
Ilivitzki
Anat
A
Mahajna
Ahmad
A
Yassin
Kamal
K
Hashmonai
Moshe
M
Krausz
Michael Moshe
MM
D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies