Open AccessEnteral metallic stenting by balloon enteroscopy for obstruction of surgically reconstructed intestine
Author(s) -
Kazunari Nakahara,
Chiaki Okuse,
Nobuyuki Matsumoto,
Keigo Suetani,
Ryo Morita,
Yosuke Michikawa,
Shun Ozawa,
Kosuke Hosoya,
Sho Kobayashi,
Takehito Otsubo,
Fumio Itoh
Publication year - 2015
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.v21.i24.7589
Subject(s) - medicine , endoscope , enteroscopy , stent , balloon , radiology , stenosis , self expandable metallic stent , surgery , endoscopy , enteral administration , small intestine , parenteral nutrition
We present three cases of self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) placement using a balloon enteroscope (BE) and its overtube (OT) for malignant obstruction of surgically reconstructed intestine. A BE is effective for the insertion of an endoscope into the deep bowel. However, SEMS placement is impossible through the working channel, because the working channel of BE is too small and too long for the stent device. Therefore, we used a technique in which the BE is inserted as far as the stenotic area; thereafter, the BE is removed, leaving only the OT, and then the stent is placed by inserting the stent device through the OT. In the present three cases, a modification of this technique resulted in the successful placement of the SEMS for obstruction of surgically reconstructed intestine, and the procedures were performed without serious complications. We consider that the present procedure is extremely effective as a palliative treatment for distal bowel stenosis, such as in the surgically reconstructed intestine.