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Case report

Successful endoscopic therapy of postoperative duodenal fistula by lipiodol injection: A new therapeutic approach

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Pages 193-196 | Published online: 08 Oct 2010
 

Abstract

Postoperative upper gastrointestinal fistulas or anastomotic leaks with peritonitis are rare but serious clinical conditions. Due to severe fluid and electrolyte imbalance and risk of development of sepsis implementation of efficient and timely management is crucial. Various endoscopic interventions have been performed to date for postoperative upper gastrointestinal fistulas. We herein describe a new therapeutical approach involving lipiodol injection, which we performed to treat a patient who had unsuccessfully undergone surgery for a posttraumatic duodenal fistula. The fistula was then successfully managed by endoscopic lipiodol injection. We present this case due to its interesting nature of a postsurgical duodenal fistula without evident fistula tract, and a successful therapy by a new approach, lipiodol injection. We conclude that this new method offesr an option for patients with high operation risk or for those with failed surgery, and this new method may decrease morbidity, mortality and the time required for the closure of duodenal fistulas.

Declaration of interest: The author reports no conflicts of interest. The author alone is responsible for the content and writing of the paper.

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