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DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255765
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Per oral dual-scope rendezvous technique for endoscopic bridging of complete pancreatic duct disruption
P. H. Deprez
Gastroenterology Department
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Université Catholique de Louvain
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Brussels
Belgium
Fax: +32-2-7648927
Email: pierrehenri.deprez@uclouvain.be
Publication History
Publication Date:
14 October 2010 (online)
A 43-year-old man with a history of heavy alcohol consumption and recent acute pancreatitis was admitted for recurrent epigastric pain and diagnosed as having a 4-cm pancreatic pseudocyst. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) showed a pancreas divisum with total obstruction of the main pancreatic duct (MPD) in the mid-pancreas and no communication with the fluid collection. Minor papilla sphincterotomy was performed with placement of a 7-Fr plastic stent (Zimmon, Wilson-Cook, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA) in the pancreatic duct. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided cystogastrostomy was carried out (Pentax EG3860UT, Hamburg, Germany) and a single, 10-Fr double-pigtail stent was placed ([Fig. 1]).
After 1 month, the patient complained of fever and recurrent pain. ERCP revealed total obstruction of the MPD and a fistula with the site of gastrostomy in the stomach. The corporeocaudal MPD was opacified via the cystogastrostomy site ([Fig. 2]).
Dual drainage was carried out with a 5-Fr transgastric stent in the corporeal duct via the cystogastrostomy site and a 7-Fr transpapillogastric stent via the minor papilla. Complete bridging of the MPD rupture was tried again 1 month later, but the guide wire could not unite the proximal and distal parts of the pancreatic duct. A dual-scope approach (with both endoscopes inserted together per orally into the esophagus) was therefore attempted with insertion of a guide wire (Jagwire 0.035, Boston Scientific, Diegem, Belgium) through the papilla toward the stomach with the duodenoscope (TJF-160R, Olympus, Aartselaar, Belgium). Retrieving the guide wire and bringing it into the pancreatic tail was done with a gastroscope (GIF180, Olympus, Aartselaar, Belgium) positioned in front of the gastric fistula orifice ([Fig. 3]).
A long, plastic, single-pigtail stent was then placed to bridge the rupture and drain the entire pancreatic duct ([Fig. 4]).
Eventually, the patient’s pain resolved and 10-Fr stent exchanges were carried out every 6 months for 2 years, with no further symptoms.
Peroral dual-scope technique has been used for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), but have been only reported in animals [1] [2]. In this report, we have described an application of this approach to bridge a complicated rupture of the MPD and a pancreato-gastric fistula following EUS cystogastrostomy, using a modified dual-scope rendezvous technique [3] [4] [5].
Competing interests: None
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#References
- 1 Asakuma M, Perretta S, Allemann P. et al . Per-oral dual scope notes cholecystectomy in porcine model (with video). Surg Endosc March 31. 2010; [Epub ahead of print]
- 2 Asakuma M, Perretta S, Cahill R A. et al . Peroral dual scope for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) gastrotomy closure. Surg Innov. 2009; 16 97-103
- 3 Will U, Meyer F, Manger T, Wanzar I. Endoscopic ultrasound assisted rendez-vous maneuver to achieve pancreatic duct drainage in obstructive chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopy. 2005; 37 171-173
- 4 Bataille L, Deprez P. A new application for therapeutic EUS: main pancreatic duct drainage with a “pancreatic rendezvous technique”. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002; 55 740-743
- 5 Frieling T, Bubic M, Streuter M. et al . Pancreaticopleural fistula: successful treatment by major-to-minor duodenal papilla rendezvous stenting of the pancreatic duct. Endoscopy. 2009; 41 (Suppl 2) E179-E180
P. H. Deprez
Gastroenterology Department
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Université Catholique de Louvain
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Brussels
Belgium
Fax: +32-2-7648927
Email: pierrehenri.deprez@uclouvain.be
References
- 1 Asakuma M, Perretta S, Allemann P. et al . Per-oral dual scope notes cholecystectomy in porcine model (with video). Surg Endosc March 31. 2010; [Epub ahead of print]
- 2 Asakuma M, Perretta S, Cahill R A. et al . Peroral dual scope for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) gastrotomy closure. Surg Innov. 2009; 16 97-103
- 3 Will U, Meyer F, Manger T, Wanzar I. Endoscopic ultrasound assisted rendez-vous maneuver to achieve pancreatic duct drainage in obstructive chronic pancreatitis. Endoscopy. 2005; 37 171-173
- 4 Bataille L, Deprez P. A new application for therapeutic EUS: main pancreatic duct drainage with a “pancreatic rendezvous technique”. Gastrointest Endosc. 2002; 55 740-743
- 5 Frieling T, Bubic M, Streuter M. et al . Pancreaticopleural fistula: successful treatment by major-to-minor duodenal papilla rendezvous stenting of the pancreatic duct. Endoscopy. 2009; 41 (Suppl 2) E179-E180
P. H. Deprez
Gastroenterology Department
Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc
Université Catholique de Louvain
Avenue Hippocrate 10
1200 Brussels
Belgium
Fax: +32-2-7648927
Email: pierrehenri.deprez@uclouvain.be