PMID- 16925334 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060928 LR - 20131121 IS - 1550-7289 (Print) IS - 1550-7289 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 2 DP - 2006 Mar-Apr TI - Management of gastrogastric fistula after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. PG - 117-21 AB - BACKGROUND: Gastrogastric fistula (GGF) secondary to marginal ulceration (MU) is a reported complication of open Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; however, its frequency after laparoscopic gastric bypass (LGBP) is likely underreported. We present five cases of GGF and detail the management algorithm, including medical, endoscopic, and laparoscopic interventions. METHODS: Data from 282 patients undergoing LGBP from October 2002 to January 2005 were entered into a prospective, longitudinal database. All patients who subsequently presented with GGF were analyzed. Patients who developed GGF were compared with those who did not using Student's t-test. RESULTS: Five patients (1.8%) subsequently developed GGF. Upper gastrointestinal radiographic evaluation documented the presence of a GGF in these patients, and upper endoscopy confirmed the diagnosis of MU. The mean interval between initial LGBP and subsequent diagnosis of GGF was 8.8 months. Patients who developed GGF were significantly younger (32.4 years vs 41.2 years; P = .007) and had lost significantly more weight 1 year after surgery (82.7% excess weight loss vs 70.0% excess weight loss; P = .003). No difference was noted when comparing operative time (164 minutes vs 148 minutes) or preoperative BMI (45.6 kg/m2 vs 51.4 kg/m2). All MU/GGF patients were treated initially with high-dose proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. In one patient, the GGF closed with PPI therapy alone. A second patient's GGF was successfully resolved with PPI therapy plus endoscopic injection of fibrin sealant. The remaining three cases were managed with laparoscopic division of the fistula after initial unsuccessful PPI therapy. In these patients, the GGF was of larger diameter than in those patients whose GGF closed with medical therapy alone. CONCLUSIONS: MU/GGF should be considered in the differential diagnosis of all postoperative gastric bypass patients who present with abdominal pain. In our series, GGF was always associated with MU. Early diagnosis of GGF can be successfully treated with PPI therapy. Smaller-diameter tracts that do not resolve with medical therapy may respond to endoscopic therapy. Large-caliber fistula are less likely to respond to medical or endoscopic therapy but can be managed laparoscopically. CI - ((c)) 2006 American Society for Bariatric Surgery. FAU - Gumbs, Andrew A AU - Gumbs AA AD - Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA. FAU - Duffy, Andrew J AU - Duffy AJ FAU - Bell, Robert L AU - Bell RL LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20060228 PL - United States TA - Surg Obes Relat Dis JT - Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery JID - 101233161 RN - 0 (Proton Pump Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Abdominal Pain/diagnosis MH - Adult MH - *Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Female MH - Gastric Bypass/*methods MH - Gastric Fistula/diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology/*therapy MH - Humans MH - *Laparoscopy MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Male MH - Obesity, Morbid/*surgery MH - Postoperative Complications/diagnosis/epidemiology/etiology/*therapy MH - Prospective Studies MH - Proton Pump Inhibitors EDAT- 2006/08/24 09:00 MHDA- 2006/09/29 09:00 CRDT- 2006/08/24 09:00 PHST- 2005/10/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/12/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/12/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/08/24 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/09/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/08/24 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1550-7289(05)01034-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.soard.2005.12.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2006 Mar-Apr;2(2):117-21. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2005.12.002. Epub 2006 Feb 28.