Peroral jejunoscopy for treating stenosis of hepaticojejunostomy after pancreatoduodenectomy
Sugiyama, M.; Izumisato, Y.; Ubukata, N.; Yamaguchi, Y.; Yamato, T.; Atomi, Y.
Hepato-Gastroenterology 48(39): 681-683
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 0172-6390 PMID: 11462902 Document Number: 530108
A 72-year-old woman suffered from relapsing cholangitis after pylorus-preserving pancreatoduodenectomy for chronic pancreatitis. The common hepatic duct had been anastomosed to the jejunum 8 cm distal to the duodenojejunostomy. Peroral jejunoscopy showed a severe stenosis of the hepaticojejunostomy, which was endoscopically enlarged by means of electroincision and balloon dilation, subsequently. No procedure-related complications occurred. The patient has been asymptomatic for 34 months. Most of the strictures of bilioenterostomy are reportedly treated by surgical revision, the percutaneous transhepatic approach, or the percutaneous transjejunal approach. Endoscopic treatment may be attempted in cases in which the postoperative anatomy potentially allows endoscopic access, because of its minimal invasiveness and effectiveness.