Surgical treatment of sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis

We report a patient with end stage renal failure [ESRD] with chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis [CAPD] who suffered from chronic peritonitis due to repeat dialytic tube infection. She also had surgery for exploratory laparotomy because of gastric ulcer bleeding, and finally dialytic tube had removed. Abdominal cocoon formed one year later with severe adhesion of abdomen wall, peritoneum and intestine. Urgent surgical intervention secondary to intestinal obstruction was performed after failure of conservative treatment. To avoid the previous surgical adhesion, we performed the surgery with a horizontal incision, where ablation is most easily performed. With careful dissection and excision of the thick capsule, the patient is doing well without further incident at 12 months follow-up

Co-existing perforated duodenal ulcer and ruptured gastroduodenal artery aneurysm

Gastroduodenal artery [GDA] aneurysm is a rare and life threatening visceral artery aneurysms. We report a case of perforated duodenal ulcer accompanied with ruptured aneurysm of gastroduodenal artery. To our knowledge, this case is not yet reported in the literature with presentation of postoperative shock due to ruptured GDA aneurysm after perforated duodenal ulcer operation. Moreover, with awareness of ruptured GDA aneurysm and early treatment with transarterial embolization, the patient leads a good result after treatment

Intra-Arterial Treatment in Patients with Acute Massive Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Endoscopic Failure: Comparisons between Positive versus Negative Contrast Extravasation Groups

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether treatment outcome is associated with visualization of contrast extravasation in patients with acute massive gastrointestinal bleeding after endoscopic failure. MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2007 to December 2009, patients that experienced a first attack of acute gastrointestinal bleeding after failure of initial endoscopy were referred to our interventional department for intra-arterial treatment. We enrolled 79 patients and divided them into two groups: positive and negative extravasation. For positive extravasation, patients were treated by coil embolization; and in negative extravasation, patients were treated with intra-arterial vasopressin infusion. The two groups were compared for clinical parameters, hemodynamics, laboratory findings, endoscopic characteristics, and mortality rates. RESULTS: Forty-eight patients had detectable contrast extravasation (positive extravasation), while 31 patients did not (negative extravasation). Fifty-six patients survived from this bleeding episode (overall clinical success rate, 71%). An elevation of hemoglobin level was observed in the both two groups; significantly greater in the positive extravasation group compared to the negative extravasation group. Although these patients were all at high risk of dying, the 90-day mortality rate was significantly lower in the positive extravasation than in the negative extravasation (20% versus 42%, p < 0.05). A multivariate analysis suggested that successful hemostasis (odds ratio [OR] = 28.66) is the most important predictor affecting the mortality in the two groups of patients. CONCLUSION: Visualization of contrast extravasation on angiography usually can target the bleeding artery directly, resulting in a higher success rate to control of hemorrhage.