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Endoscopic Management of a Duodenal Web

From the APSA 2016 Annual Meeting proceedings

ENDOSCOPIC MANAGEMENT OF A DUODENAL WEB
Lauren Wood, BS1, Zach Kastenberg, MD2, Tiffany Sinclair, MD2, Stephanie Chao, MD2,
James Wall, MD2.
1Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 2Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Introduction:
Surgical intervention for duodenal atresia most commonly entails duodenoduodenostomy in the neonatal period. Occasionally, type I duodenal atresia with incomplete obstruction may go undiagnosed until later in life. Endoscopic approach to dividing intestinal webs has been reported in rare select cases.

Methods:
A two-year old female with a history of trisomy 21 and tetralogy of Fallot underwent laparoscopic and endoscopic exploration of intestinal obstruction as visualized on upper gastrointestinal series for symptoms of recurrent emesis and weight loss.
After laparoscopy confirmed a duodenal web as the cause of intestinal obstruction, endoscopic division of the membrane was carried out with a triangle tip electrocautery knife followed by dilation with a 15 mm balloon.

Results:
The procedure took 210 minutes and the patient tolerated it well. Post-op Upper GI showed rapid passage of contents without leak and a diet was started. The patient was discharged on post-operative day 2 without narcotics. The patient had gained 2 pounds at 4 week follow-up and remains asymptomatic six months after the procedure.

Conclusions:
Endoscopic management of a duodenal web is feasible in children. Pediatric surgeons are ideally suited to offer the hybrid approach including laparoscopy to confirm no extraluminal obstructive process or complication from endoscopy. Endoscopy enables minimal recovery time and should be embraced as another tool in the minimally invasive
toolbox of pediatric surgeons.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17797/pknxvd91zf

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