Gastrojejunocolic fistula after gastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction: report of a case.

Abstract

We herein report the case of a 65-year old man with gastrojejunocolic fistula. The patient was admitted to our hospital because of edema of the lower limbs, diarrhea, and weight loss. His history included a distal gastric resection and Billroth II reconstruction for a duodenal ulcer 20 years previously. The laboratory data on admission revealed hypoproteinemia and hypoalbuminemia. An upper gastrointestinal X-ray series revealed a fistula between the transverse colon and upper jejunum. After improving his state of malnutrition, a partial resection of the remnant stomach, transverse colon, and jejunum, which were involved in the fistula, was performed. The postoperative course was uneventful and the patient was discharged on the 26th postoperative day. Gastrojejunocolic fistula is one of the severe complications of a stomal ulcer after a gastric resection with Billroth II reconstruction, which is considered to be induced by an inadequate resection of the stomach. As a result of the recent development of improved agents for the treatment of peptic ulcers, the occurrence of gastrojejunocolic fistula has decreased remarkably. However, gastrojejunocolic fistula should be recognized as one of the late severe complications observed after a gastrectomy with Billroth II reconstruction, since this disease may occur even 20 years after the first operation for peptic ulcer.