Treatment of postoperative jejunal intussusception in adult with oral gastrografin after laparoscopic low rectal resection. A case report.

Contrast material Gastrografin Intestinal obstruction Intussusception Postoperative bowel intussusception

Journal

International journal of surgery case reports
ISSN: 2210-2612
Titre abrégé: Int J Surg Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101529872

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 15 06 2020
revised: 25 07 2020
accepted: 01 08 2020
pubmed: 25 8 2020
medline: 25 8 2020
entrez: 25 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Postoperative intussusception is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adults. Intussusception refers to a condition in which a segment of the intestine invaginates into the lumen of an adjacent segment of the intestine. We report a case of postoperative jejunojejunal intussusception in a 42-year-old male following a laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer. In post-operative day (POD) 2 the patient showed intermittent bowel obstruction and fever. Diagnosis was established with abdominal computed tomography (CT) and enteroclysis, which led to a spontaneous reduction of the invagination. The incidence of intussusception in adults is rare condition. It represents less than 5% of all cases. In adults, transient asymptomatic enteric intussusception often resolves spontaneously without any treatment. When bowel obstruction is complete and persistent, surgery is need. Intussusception as cause of intestinal obstruction should be kept in mind in a post operative patient who develops obstructive symptoms. Early diagnosis makes the difference between surgical and others treatment. The pathogenesis and diagnosis of postoperative intussusception in the adult is discussed in the case report. The authors presented a rare cause of postoperative small bowel obstruction treated without surgery. The peculiarity of this case report is that the authors have successfully used, in an adult, conservative treatment with gastrografin, which is the treatment of choice used in children. The use of gastrografin was decisive and there were no recurrences in the follow up.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32836205
pii: S2210-2612(20)30601-5
doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2020.08.005
pmc: PMC7452584
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Pagination

120-123

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

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Auteurs

Mafalda Romano (M)

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Hospital "A.Tortora", Pagani, Italy. Electronic address: mafalda_romano@hotmail.it.

Ernesto Tartaglia (E)

Department of Laparoscopic and Robotic General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera dei Colli "Monaldi Hospital", Naples, Italy.

Ferdinando Amodio (F)

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Hospital "A.Tortora", Pagani, Italy.

Angelo Gragnaniello (A)

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Hospital "A.Tortora", Pagani, Italy.

Sara Bortone (S)

Department of Radiology, Hospital "A.Tortora", Pagani, Italy.

Massimiliano Fabozzi (M)

Department of General and Oncological Surgery, Hospital "A.Tortora", Pagani, Italy.

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