Nurse supervised combined refeeding and home parenteral nutrition in traumatic intestinal failure: A case series.

BACKGROUND: Intestinal failure is a decrease in intestinal function under the minimum absorption requirements of macronutrients, water, and electrolytes. Hartman's procedure with jejunostomy is used as a surgical procedure to prevent further damage in cases of abdominal trauma. Providing parenteral nutrition at home is needed to prevent nutritional deficiencies and prolonged length of stay. PRESENTATION OF CASE: We reported two cases, involving two men aged 25 and 14 years old who had peritonitis due to abdominal trauma and received laparotomy. Both patients had Hartman's procedures and jejunostomy less than 60 cm from the Treitz ligament. Both patients were diagnosed as bowel failure with an SGA C score. Supervised home parenteral nutrition was done by refeeding jejunostomy at the distal stoma. After supervision of parenteral nutrition, the SGA score increased from C to B. Three months later the patients underwent jejunal reanastomosis. Patients went home one week later without complications. At postoperative follow-up at one month and one year, both patients did not experience any complications. DISCUSSION: HPN is now a method used to provide nutritional support for patients with IF. This helps patients to meet their nutritional needs, also preventing psychosocial disorders and reduction of their quality of life. CONCLUSIONS: Based on these two cases, nurse supervised combined refeeding and home parenteral nutrition showed good results with an increase in nutritional status of SGA C to SGA B. Supervision of home parenteral nutrition can be considered as adjunctive therapy in patients with high intestinal failure before undergoing reanastomosis.

Combined Puestow and choledocoduodenostomy for concomitant large pancreatic duct and primary choledochal stones: A case series.

INTRODUCTION: Multiple and large pancreatic duct stones concomitant with primary choledochal stones is a rare case. Patients usually present with recurrent jaundice and signs of pancreatitis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is the leading method to manage the patients. But ERCP has difficulties when facing the multiple and large stones PRESENTATION OF CASE: Our first case was a 51-years-old man who was admitted to our surgery unit with a diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis. Plain abdominal radiogram, Abdominal MSCT and Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) showed opacity suspected as stone at the pancreatic duct and distal part of the common bile duct. The second case was a 48-years-old female with the clinical presentation of left upper quadrant pain and history of chronic pancreatitis and intermittent jaundice. Plain abdominal radiogram and MRCP revealed multiple stones in the main pancreatic duct and common bile duct stones. Our third case was female, 60-years-old, who was hospitalized with jaundice and recurrent upper abdominal pain with a history of open cholecystectomy one month previously. Radiologic examination showed multiple stones in the main pancreatic duct and common bile duct. Combined longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy Roux-en-Y and Choledoco-duodenostomy were performed successfully in all cases. Postoperative follow-up showed good recovery of all patients. DISCUSSION: Since ERCP is not proper to be used for multiple and large pancreatic duct stones, we performed a combination of longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy Roux-en-Y and choledoco-duodenostomy to treat the patients and prevent the recurrence. CONCLUSION: The incidence of multiple pancreatic duct stones and large choledochal stones is infrequent. Surgical treatment with combined longitudinal pancreatojejunostomy Roux-en-Y and Choledoco-duodenostomy is safe and effective to resolve jaundice and recurrent pain caused by chronic pancreatitis.