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Radiology, Vol 209, 747-754, Copyright © 1998 by Radiological Society of North America

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Direct percutaneous jejunostomy: techniques and applications--ten years experience

C Cope, AG Davis, RA Baum, ZJ Haskal, MC Soulen and RD Shlansky-Goldberg
Department of Radiology, Hospital University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA.

PURPOSE: To present 10 years experience with direct fluoroscopically guided percutaneous jejunostomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Percutaneous jejunostomy was performed in 62 patients, most of whom had undergone major abdominal surgery. A new or replacement jejunostomy was created for alimentation in 20 and 21 patients, respectively. Jejunostomy was performed for interventional procedures of the bile ducts or intestine in 13 patients and for retrograde gastroesophageal drainage in eight. The distended jejunum was accessed with a 21-gauge needle, immobilized with a gastric anchor, and catheterized with a 10-14-F locking loop drain. RESULTS: The technical success rate was 19 of 20 (95%) for new feeding jejunostomy and 17 of 21 (81%) for replacement feeding jejunostomy. Jejunostomy facilitated drainage, dilation, stone extraction, and recanalization in the bile ducts or intestine in all 13 patients. Retrograde jejunoesophagogastrostomy suction effectively replaced painful nasogastric suction in all eight patients. Two patients who underwent replacement jejunostomy required laparotomy for possible leakage; there was no important procedure-related morbidity and no procedure-related mortality. CONCLUSION: The technical success and complication rates of feeding percutaneous jejunostomy compare favorably with those of surgery or endoscopy. Percutaneous jejunostomy is a useful and underused approach to managing bowel and biliary obstruction.


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