Successful Management of a Colo-Duodenal Fistula in a Patient with Crohn's Disease Using a Double Lumen Gastro-Jejunostomy Tube

Successful Management of a Colo-Duodenal Fistula in a Patient with Crohn's Disease Using a Double Lumen Gastro-Jejunostomy Tube

A 41-year-old woman was admitted with upper abdominal pain, vomiting and fever. Abdominal CT scan showed a colo-duodenal fistula with inflammatory thickening of the transverse colon. The patient's general health was poor because of hypoalbuminemia and coagulopathy. Endoscopy showed a fistula at...

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Main Authors: Toru Zuiki, Yoshiyuki Meguro, Hidetoshi Kumano, Koji Koinuma, Yasuyuki Miyakura, Hisanaga Horie, Alan T. Lefor, Naohiro Sata, Yoshikazu Yasuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-05-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Double lumen gastro-jejunostomy tube
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
Right hemi-colectomy
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/363374

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