Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a continuous challenge in bariatric surgery.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_2D971AD2FA5B
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a continuous challenge in bariatric surgery.
Périodique
Obesity Surgery
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Paroz A., Calmes J.M., Giusti V., Suter M.
ISSN
0960-8923
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
11/2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
16
Numéro
11
Pages
1482-1487
Langue
anglais
Résumé
BACKGROUND: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has long been associated with the possible development of internal hernias, with a reported incidence of 1-5%. Because it induces fewer adhesions than laparotomy, the laparoscopic approach to this operation appears to increase the rate of this complication, which can present dramatically. METHODS: Data from all patients undergoing bariatric surgery are introduced prospectively in a data-base. Patients who were reoperated for symptoms or signs suggestive of an internal hernia were reviewed retrospectively, with special emphasis on clinical and radiological findings, and surgical management. RESULTS: Of 607 patients who underwent laparoscopic primary or reoperative RYGBP in our two hospitals between June 1999 and January 2006, 25 developed symptoms suggestive of an internal hernia, 2 in the immediate postoperative period, and 23 later on, after a mean of 29 months and a mean loss of 14.5 BMI units. 9 of the latter presented with an acute bowel obstruction, of which 1 required small bowel resection for necrosis. Recurrent colicky abdominal pain was the leading symptom in the others. Reoperation confirmed the diagnosis of internal hernia in all but 1 patient. The most common location was the meso-jejunal mesenteric window (16 patients, 56%), followed by Petersen's window (8 patients, 27%), and the mesocolic window (5 patients, 17%). Patients in whom the mesenteric windows had been closed using running non-absorbable sutures had fewer hernias than patients treated with absorbable sutures at the primary procedure (1.3% versus 5.6%, P=0.03). Except in the acute setting, clinical and radiological findings were of little help in the diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS: Except in the setting of acute obstruction, clinical and radiological findings usually do not help in the diagnosis of internal hernia. A high index of suspicion, based mainly on the clinical history of recurrent colicky abdominal pain, is the only means to reduce the number of acute complications leading to bowel resection by offering the patient an elective laparoscopic exploration with repair of all the defects. Prevention by carefully closing all potential mesenteric defects with running non-absorbable sutures during laparoscopic RYGBP, which we consider mandatory, seems appropriate in reducing the incidence of this complication.
Mots-clé
Adolescent, Adult, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Gastric Bypass/adverse effects, Hernia/etiology, Humans, Intestinal Diseases/diagnosis, Intestinal Diseases/etiology, Laparoscopy/adverse effects, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Morbid/surgery, Retrospective Studies, Time Factors
Pubmed
Web of science
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25/01/2008 16:23
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20/08/2019 13:12
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