Ileostomía en asa derivativa y lavado colónico intraoperatorio como alternativa de tratamiento en un caso de colitis grave por Clostridium difficile / Treatment of a severe Clostridium difficile infection with colonic lavages. Report of one case

A loop ileostomy with intraoperative anterograde colonic lavage has been described as an alternative to colectomy in the management of cases of Clostridium difficile infection refractory to medical treatment. We report a 69 years old diabetic women admitted with a septic shock. An abdominal CAT scan showed a pan-colitis that seemed to be infectious. A polymerase chain reaction was positive for Clostridium Difficile. Due to the failure to improve after full medical treatment, a derivative loop ileostomy and intra-operatory colonic lavage were performed, leaving a Foley catheter in the proximal colon. In the postoperative period, anterograde colonic instillations of Vancomycin flushes through the catheter were performed every 6 hours. Forty eight hours after surgery, the patient improved. A colonoscopy prior to discharge showed resolution of the pseudomembranous colitis.

Síndrome de Bouveret: Resolución endóscopica y quirúrgica de cuatro casos clínicos / Bouveret syndrome: Report of four cases

Bouveret syndrome is a duodenal obstruction caused by a biliary stone. Aim: To report patients with Bouveret syndrome. Material and Methods: Retrospective review of medical records of patients with Bouveret syndrome treated between 1976 and 2006. Results: We report three women and one man with a mean age of 62.5 years. None had a previous diagnosis of cholelithiasis. AH presented with colicky pain in the right upper quadrant and vomiting, suggesting gastric retention. The diagnosis was suspected after a barium meal in two patients and with a CT scan on the other two. The endoscopical extraction or fragmentation of stones was attempted in three patients but was successful only in one. Three patients were operated and a stone impacted in the first portion of the duodenum was identified, along with a cholecystoduodenal fistula. A duodenostomy and stone extraction was performed. One patient was subjected to a cholecystectomy fistula repair and gastrojejunoanastomosis. No patient died and all were discharged within 8 to 12 days after surgery. Conclusions: Bouveret syndrome is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis. Endoscopy can be diagnostic and therapeutic. Surgery is the other therapeutic option.