Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
INTRODUCTION. The number of obese patients has increased over the past three decades. In 2016, gastric sleeve accounted for 53,6% of bariatric procedures worldwide, and gastric fistula is a complication with a prevalence of between 0,50 and 7,00%. CLINICAL CASE. 46-year-old female patient, with a Body Mass Index of 45,20 kg/m2, plus dyslipidemia and an excess weight of 54 kg at the beginning of the protocol; It presented as an early complication gastric fistula located in the upper third with abdominal sepsis that required revision surgery with lavage plus placement of drains. RESULTS. Management was carried out with an esophageal endoprosthesis that migrated twice, meriting removal, with subsequent placement of a nasojejunal tube plus internal pigtail drainage through the continuity solution. 39 days after revision surgery, he was discharged with leak closure with a Body Mass Index of 36 kg/m2 and normal nutritional parameters. DISCUSSION. The fistula or post gastric sleeve leak has closure without surgical correction that depends on the series of up to 97,1%. Endoscopic management presented satisfactory results using a pigtail internal drainage catheter. CONCLUSION. The systematic multidisciplinary management for an early gastric fistula with enteral nutrition through nasojejunal tube plus endoscopic placement of internal drainage “pigtail” was an available strategy for resolution of this complication, the first case reported in country.
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