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Hara H, Ozawa S, Nabeshima K, Koizumi J. Successful laparoscopic surgery combined with selective arterial embolization for bleeding due to jejunal angiodysplasia: a case report. BMC Surg 2020; 20:262. [PMID: 33129311 PMCID: PMC7603661 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-020-00924-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Angiodysplasia of the gastrointestinal tract is a rare vascular pathology that sometimes causes massive hemorrhage. Angiodysplasias are particularly difficult to find in the small intestine for anatomical reasons, often impeding their diagnosis and treatment. Lesion localization is a major challenge in cases of small bowel bleeding requiring surgical intervention. Case presentation The present case was a 52-year-old woman who was urgently hospitalized with repeated tarry stools. Surgical intervention was chosen after conservative treatment failed to improve her condition. The source of bleeding was suspected to be a vascular lesion discovered in the small intestine during a past double-balloon endoscopy. Abdominal contrast computed tomography revealed a jejunal hemorrhage. We chose selective arterial embolization to stabilize her hemodynamics followed by surgical intervention as her treatment plan. Several embolic and contrast agents (cyanoacrylate, indigo carmine, and Lipiodol) were combined to help identify the location of the lesion during surgery. This multi-pronged approach allowed us to localize the lesion under laparoscopic guidance with high confidence and accuracy, and to excise a 6-cm segment of the small intestine. The lesion was histologically diagnosed as angiodysplasia. No re-bleeding has been observed since the operation. Conclusion We report our experience with a case of jejunal angiodysplasia, which was localized with selective arterial embolization using an array of embolic and contrast agents, and then excised laparoscopically. Selective arterial embolization with indigo carmine dye to treat small bowel bleeding preoperatively not only makes the surgery safer by stabilizing the patient’s hemodynamics, but is also very useful for localizing the lesion intraoperatively.
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- Hitoshi Hara
- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Minowa K, Komatsu S, Takashina K, Tanaka S, Kumano T, Imura K, Shimomura K, Ikeda J, Taniguchi F, Ueshima Y, Lee T, Ikeda E, Otsuji E, Shioaki Y. Ectopic gastrointestinal variceal bleeding with portal hypertension. World J Gastrointest Surg 2017; 9:288-292. [PMID: 29359035 PMCID: PMC5752964 DOI: 10.4240/wjgs.v9.i12.288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2017] [Revised: 10/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Massive gastrointestinal bleeding from gastrointestinal varices is one of the most serious complications in patients with portal hypertension. However, if no bleeding point can be detected by endoscopy in the predilection sites of gastrointestinal varices, such as the esophagus and stomach, ectopic gastrointestinal variceal bleeding should be considered as a differential diagnosis. Herein, we report a case of ectopic ileal variceal bleeding in a 57-year-old woman, which was successfully diagnosed by multi-detector row CT (MDCT) and angiography and treated by segmental ileum resection. To date, there have been no consensus for the treatment of ectopic ileal variceal bleeding. This review was designed to clarify the clinical characteristics of patients with ectopic ileal variceal and discuss possible treatment strategies. From the PubMed database and our own database, we reviewed 21 consecutive cases of ileal variceal bleeding diagnosed from 1982 to 2017. MDCT and angiography is useful for the rapid examination and surgical resection of an affected lesion and is a safe and effective treatment strategy to avoid further bleeding.
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- Keita Minowa
- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
- Emergency and Critical Care Center, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
- Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
- Emergency and Critical Care Center, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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- Division of Digestive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0981, Japan
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Voron T, Rahmi G, Bonnet S, Malamut G, Wind P, Cellier C, Berger A, Douard R. Intraoperative Enteroscopy: Is There Still a Role? Gastrointest Endosc Clin N Am 2017; 27:153-170. [PMID: 27908515 DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Intraoperative enteroscopy (IOE) to explore obscure gastrointestinal bleeding is now rarely indicated. IOE allows complete small bowel exploration in 57% to 100% of cases, finds a bleeding source in 80% of cases, allows the recurrence-free management of gastrointestinal bleeding in 76% of cases, but carries a high morbidity and mortality. IOE only remains indicated to guide the intraoperative treatment of preoperatively identified small bowel lesions when nonoperative treatments are unavailable and/or when intraoperative localization by external examination is impossible.
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- Thibault Voron
- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France; Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France
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- Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France; Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Percy University Military Hospital, 101 Avenue Henri Barbusse, Clamart 92140, France
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- Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France; Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Department of Digestive Surgery, Avicenne AP-HP University Hospital, 125 Rue de Stalingrad, Bobigny 93000, France; UFR SMBH, Paris-Nord University, 74, rue Marcel Cachin, 93017 Bobigny cedex, France
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- Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France; Department of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France; Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France
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- Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Georges Pompidou European AP-HP University Hospital, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France; Paris Descartes Faculty of Medicine, 15, rue de l'Ecole de Médecine, Paris 75006, France.
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Hashimoto Y, Amano H, Fukumoto A, Amano M, Sagami S, Yamao K, Iiboshi T, Onogawa S, Hirano N, Hanada K, Hino F. Percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy for recurrent bleeding ileal varices diagnosed by capsule endoscopy and computed tomography during percutaneous transhepatic venography. Hepatol Res 2013; 43:436-40. [PMID: 23560865 DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034x.2012.01083.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2012] [Revised: 06/29/2012] [Accepted: 07/25/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We report a case of acute uncontrolled gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with liver cirrhosis. A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for further investigation of blood in stools. Preliminary examination by computed tomography (CT) as well as upper and lower endoscopy could not detect the bleeding source. Exploratory laparotomy was considered difficult due to potential easy bleeding and adhesions caused by past abdominal surgery. The hemoglobin level was normalized by blood transfusion. Capsule endoscopy (CE) identified ileal varices. The top of these ileal varices was red, prompting their identification as the source of bleeding. Percutaneous transhepatic venography (PTV) confirmed the presence of many varices in the branch of the superior mesenteric vein, although the bleeding source could not be identified. CT during PTV identified varices protruding into the ileal lumen, which were managed subsequently by percutaneous transhepatic sclerotherapy (PTS). The procedure stopped the bleeding completely. CE proved less invasive and effective in detecting obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. CT during PTV followed by PTS is suitable for diagnosis and treatment of bleeding varices in patients with portal hypertension.
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Bonnet S, Douard R, Malamut G, Cellier C, Wind P. Intraoperative enteroscopy in the management of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding. Dig Liver Dis 2013; 45:277-84. [PMID: 22877794 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2012.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Revised: 06/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding has long been a diagnostic challenge because of the relative inaccessibility of small bowel to standard endoscopic evaluation. Intraoperative enteroscopy indications have been reduced by the development of deep enteroscopy techniques and video capsule endoscopy. In light of the current advances, this review aimed at evaluating the intraoperative enteroscopy technical aspects, study results and an ongoing role for intraoperative enteroscopy in obscure gastrointestinal bleeding management. Intraoperative enteroscopy allows complete small bowel exploration in 57-100% of cases. A bleeding source can be identified in 80% of cases. Main causes are vascular lesions (61%) and benign ulcers (19%). When a lesion is found, intraoperative enteroscopy allows successful and recurrence-free management of gastrointestinal bleeding in 76% of cases. The reported mortality is 5% and morbidity is 17%. The recurrence of bleeding is observed in 13-52% of cases. With the recent development of deep enteroscopy techniques, intraoperative enteroscopy remains indicated when small bowel lesions (i) have been identified by a preoperative work-up, (ii) cannot be definitively managed by angiographic embolization, endoscopic treatment or when surgery is required and (iii) cannot be localized by external examination during surgical explorations. Surgeons and endoscopists must exercise caution with intraoperative enteroscopy to avoid the use of a low yield, highly morbid procedure.
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- Stéphane Bonnet
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Bégin University Military Hospital, Saint-Mandé, France
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Yamashita K, Okumura H, Oka Y, Urakami A, Shiotani A, Nakashima H, Matsumoto H, Hirai T, Nakamura M. Minimally invasive surgery using intraoperative real-time capsule endoscopy for small bowel lesions. Surg Endosc 2013; 27:2337-41. [PMID: 23344512 DOI: 10.1007/s00464-012-2777-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 12/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The small bowel has been considered the "black box" of gastroenterology. Identifying the exact site of small bowel hemorrhage is often difficult, thus complicating surgical treatment. We report two cases of small bowel bleeding lesions that were successfully managed by intraoperative real-time capsule endoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. METHODS We developed a double-lumen tube similar to, but thinner and longer than, the Miller-Abbott tube. We insert the tube nasally, 3 or 4 days preoperatively, such that its balloon tip reaches the anus by the operative day. During surgery, the endoscopic capsule is connected to the balloon tip of the tube that protrudes from the anus. An assistant pulls on the nasal end of the tube, bringing the balloon tip and capsule back into the bowel. Capsule endoscopic images are displayed in a real-time video format. RESULTS We employed this procedure in two patients with repeated melena. Various examinations including gastroendoscopy and total colonoscopy showed bleeding confined to the small bowel, but the exact lesion site was unknown. Minimally invasive surgery was successfully performed in both patients: open minilaparotomy in one and laparoscopy in the other. The small bowel and capsule endoscope were easily controlled during minilaparotomy, and real-time capsule endoscopic images clearly identified the bleeding lesion. Control of the small bowel was more difficult in the laparoscopic case; however, real-time capsule endoscopic images identified a small tumor that was successfully resected. CONCLUSIONS Intraoperative capsule endoscopy combined with the tube provides surgeons real-time images indicating the exact site of lesions. The tube also helps surgeons control the position of the capsule endoscope and enables suction of intraluminal fluid or inflation of the lumen to allow clearer views during the operation. We conclude that combined use of capsule endoscopy and the tube facilitates management of bleeding lesions in the small bowel.
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- Kazuki Yamashita
- Department of Digestive Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan.
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Takeshita N, Otsuka Y, Nara S, Noie T, Ito K, Harihara Y, Furushima K, Konishi T. Utility of preoperative small-bowel endoscopy for hemorrhagic lesions in the small intestine. Surg Today 2011; 42:536-41. [PMID: 22200758 DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-0109-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2010] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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PURPOSE We evaluated a small group of patients with hemorrhagic lesions in the small intestine diagnosed preoperatively by video capsule endoscopy (VCE) and/or double-balloon endoscopy (DBE), who underwent surgery in our hospital. METHODS The subjects were 20 patients with hemorrhagic lesions in the small intestine diagnosed preoperatively by VCE and/or DBE, who underwent surgery between April 2004 and December 2008. RESULTS VCE, DBE, and computed tomography were performed in 12, 17, and 20 patients, respectively. Eleven patients also had a biopsy taken during DBE, resulting in a definitive diagnosis in eight. Because of the risk of hemorrhage during DBE in five patients, a biopsy was not taken and the sites of the lesion were marked in these patients. Twenty patients underwent surgery, and the diagnoses were small-intestinal cancer in eight, gastrointestinal stromal tumor in seven, arteriovenous malformation in two, and Crohn's disease, angioectasia, and leiomyoma in one each. The interval between the onset of symptoms and surgery was less than 50 days for six patients, 50-100 days for two, 100-200 days for five, and more than 200 days for seven. CONCLUSION Preoperative small-bowel endoscopy proved useful for diagnosing the cause of hemorrhagic lesions in the small intestine.
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- Nobuyoshi Takeshita
- Department of Surgery, Kanto Medical Center NTT EC, Higashi-Gotanda 5-9-22, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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