Vidal EA, Rendon FA, Zambrano TA, García YA, Viteri MF, Campos JM, Ramos MG, Ramos AC. INTESTINAL MALROTATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING BARIATRIC SURGERY.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016;
29Suppl 1:24-26. [PMID:
27683770 PMCID:
PMC5064254 DOI:
10.1590/0102-6720201600s10007]
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Abstract
Background:
Intestinal malrotation is a rare congenital anomaly. In adults is very difficult
to recognize due to the lack of symptoms. Diagnosis is usually incidental during
surgical procedures or at autopsy.
Aim:
To review the occurrence and recognition of uneventful intestinal malrotation
discovered during regular cases of bariatric surgeries.
Methods:
Were retrospectively reviewed the medical registry of 20,000 cases undergoing
bariatric surgery, from January 2002 to January 2016, looking for the occurrence
of intestinal malrotation and consequences in the intraoperative technique and
immediate evolution of the patients.
Results:
Five cases (0,025%) of intestinal malrotation were found. All of them were males,
aging 45, 49, 37,52 and 39 years; BMI 35, 42, 49, 47 and 52 kg/m2, all
of them with a past medical history of morbid obesity. The patient with BMI 35
kg/m2 suffered from type 2 diabetes also. All procedures were
completed by laparoscopic approach, with no conversions. In one patient was not
possible to move the jejunum to the upper abdomen in order to establish the
gastrojejunostomy and a sleeve gastrectomy was performed. In another patient was
not possible to fully recognize the anatomy due to bowel adhesions and a single
anastomosis gastric bypass was preferred. No leaks or bleeding were identified.
There were no perioperative complications. All patients were discharged 72 h after
the procedure and no immediate 30-day complications were reported.
Conclusion:
Patients with malrotation can successfully undergo laparoscopic bariatric
surgery. May be necessary changes in the surgical original strategy regarding the
malrotation. Surgeons must check full abdominal anatomical condition prior to
start the division of the stomach.
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