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A novel silk suture-assisted laparoscopic technique for the repair of a gastrocolic fistula in a pediatric patient
- Source :
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, Vol 13, Iss C, Pp 45-47 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Percutaneous placement of gastrostomy was first described in 1980. Since then it has become widely used in pediatric surgery throughout the world. Inherent in the technique is the possibility of inadvertent damage to adjacent anatomical structures, most commonly the transverse colon. Management previously had involved laparotomy and correction of the gastrocolic fistula. Here we describe a novel laparoscopic approach to the repair of a gastrocolic fistula following percutaneous gastrostomy, avoiding the morbidity of laparotomy in an immunocompromised patient with a rotund abdomen secondary to steroid usage.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:Surgery
Gastrocolic fistula
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Laparotomy
Pediatric surgery
medicine
Laparoscopy
Pediatric
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Transverse colon
lcsh:RJ1-570
lcsh:Pediatrics
lcsh:RD1-811
Gastrostomy
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Abdomen
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22135766
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b7166681bf453b6d54f0df6d7dc3ed90
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsc.2016.07.007