Department of General Surgery, Medicover Hospitals, Telangana, India
Case Report
Gastric Leak Treated by Endoscopic Gastric Bypass with Metal Stent in Stent Technique in Normal Volume Stomach (Outside Bariatric Setting): First Case Report
Author(s): Praneeth Moka*, Vijay Kumar L, Sarath Kumar Reddy A, Sharath Reddy A, Anil Krishna G and Kiranmai Mynampati
A 35 year old gentleman, a citizen of Yemen, had multiple bullet injuries to the right side of his abdomen on 27th February
2022. He was operated in Yemen on the same day. As reported in the operative notes from Yemen; exploratory
laparotomy with splenectomy, gastric wall repair, duodenal wall repair, diaphragm repair and transverse loop colostomy
were done. Multiple drains were placed in the abdomen to evacuate hematomas and collections. A second
look laparotomy was performed on the 10th March 2022, in view of persistent purulent discharge from the drains
and also from the midline wound. And on 19th March 2022, the mid line wound was found to have dehisced, leading
to further re-exploration and debridement of left diaphragm region, colostomy site and left side chest wound
region. Computerised Tomography (CT) of abdomen done on 29th .. View More»