Open AccessInvestigation of the excluded stomach after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: The role of percutaneous endoscopy
Author(s) -
Kanwar R. Gill,
J. Mark McKinney,
Mark E. Stark,
Ernest P. Bouras
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.1946
Subject(s) - roux en y anastomosis , medicine , stomach , endoscopy , gastric bypass , percutaneous , surgery , therapeutic endoscopy , gastroenterology , weight loss , obesity
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.