Investigation of the excluded stomach after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: the role of percutaneous endoscopy.
Accessing the bypassed portion of the stomach via conventional endoscopy is difficult following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. However, endoscopic examination of the stomach and small bowel is possible through percutaneous access into the bypassed stomach (BS) with a combined radiologic and endoscopic technique. We present a case of obscure overt gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding where the source of bleeding was thought to be from the BS. After conventional endoscopic methods failed to examine the BS, percutaneous endoscopy (PE) was used as an alternative to surgical exploration.
Gill
Kanwar-Rs
KR
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Rd, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States.
McKinney
J-Mark
JM
Stark
Mark-E
ME
Bouras
Ernest-P
EP
D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D015390:Gastric Bypass; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013270:Stomach / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology