Perforated Marginal Ulcer After Gastric Bypass

Completed

Conditions studied: Ulcer Disease After Gastric Bypass, Marginal Ulcer, Perforated Marginal Ulcer, Acutely Perforated Marginal Ulcer

In brief

A common late complication after gastric bypass surgery is marginal ulceration that is defined as ulcers at the margins of the gastrojejunostomy, mostly on the jejunal side. Most marginal ulcers respond to medical therapy and complicated or complex ulcer disease warrants operative intervention; specifically, perforated, penetrated, obstructing, bleeding and intractable marginal ulcers require surgical intervention. Diverse operative strategies for addressing perforated marginal ulcers after gastric bypass have been described including I) Omental (Graham) patch repair, II) Revision of gastrojejunostomy, III) Irrigation and drainage, IV) any previous procedure with truncal vagotomy, V) Esophagojejunostomy, and VI) Reversal. We formally analyze our experience with the laparoscopic resection and repair of acutely perforated marginal ulcers after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), with or without concomitant resolution of technical risk factors for marginal ulceration.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01041196
Run by
University of California, San Francisco
People needed
30
Starts
2009-01-01
Expected to finish
2009-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2010-01-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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