Roux-en-Y Gastro-jejunostomy for Complex Leak After the "Nissen" Variant of Sleeve Gastrectomy.
Elie ChouillardElias ChahineAntonio D'AlessandroRené-Louis VitteAndrew GumbsRadwan KassirPublished in: Obesity surgery (2021)
Initial management comprised total parenteral nutrition and wide-spectrum intravenous antibiotics. Three weeks later, the patient underwent laparoscopic exploration. As shown in the video, at least two leaks were individualized, including one, anterior, catheterized by the pigtails, and the other one, posterior, impossible to reach endoscopically (Fig. 1). A residual abscess, located between the left crus, the pancreas, and the upper edge of the spleen, was evacuated. Eventually, Roux-en-Y gastro-jejunostomy was performed CONCLUSION: The adjunction of a posterior fundoplication may have contributed to the multiple and complex occurrence of SGL. Having an ill-vascularized redundant fundus may have increased ischemia of the GE junction. Moreover, it is more difficult to perform endoscopic treatment in a plicated and sleeved stomach as well.