Endoscopic and histopathologic evaluation of the excluded stomach after bariatric surgery / Avaliação endoscópica e histopatológica do estômago excluso após cirurgia bariátrica

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

The surgical treatment for morbid obesity is the only modality that in the long term obtains the supported loss of weight and maintenance. Vertical banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is the most used technique worldwide and in Brazil. Through this technique, the stomach is divided in two assimetrical pouchs, one vertical and tubular with about 5 cm of extension and another called excluded. The endoscopic follow-up during the postoperative period using standard gastroscope evaluates the proximal gastric pouch, but doesnt reach the excluded stomach. With the advent of the double balloon enteroscope, it became possible the access and endoscopic evaluation, allowing biopsies of the excluded stomach mucosa for histopathologic study. Forty patients who underwent vertical banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass were enrolled in this study. The mean postoperative time was 77.3 months (36-133 months). The mean age was 44.6 years old (22-61 years) and 85% of the patients were female. The success rate of accessing the excluded stomach with the use of double balloon enteroscope was 87.5% (35 patients), and the mean time to reach the excluded stomach was 24.9 minutes (5-75 minutes). The concomitant radioscopic control was used in 11 patients (27.5%). Endoscopic findings of the excluded stomach in the 35 patients were: normal in 25.7% patients (9); enantematous gastritis were found in 10 patients (28.6%); flat or raised erosive gastritis in 5 patients (14.3%); hemorrhagic gastritis in 5 patients (14.3%) and atrophic gastritis in 6 patientes (17.1%). Two patients presented with suggestive areas of intestinal metaplasia in the antrum that had been confirmed by histopathologic study. The histologic findings showed 100% of gastritis in the excluded stomach; 33/35 patients with pangastritis (94.3%). Mild gastritis was present in 23/35 patients (65.7%) and moderate gastritis in 12/35 (34.3%). Atrophic gastritis were found in 5/35 patients (14.3%) and intestinal metaplasia in 4-35 (11.4%). All patients with intestinal metaplasia had atrophic gastritis. Of the 35 patients whom the excluded stomach were reached, Helicobacter pylori was positive in 7/35 patients (20%) and in 12/35 patients (34,3%) in the proximal pouch through the modified Giemsa staining. Statistical significance was not observed in the correlation between the endoscopic and histologic findings (p=0,2). The intensity of the histologic gastritis (inflammation) of the excluded stomach and the proximal pouch was associated to the presence of Helicobacter pylori (p <0,05). All positive Helicobacter pylori patients in the excluded stomach were also positive in the proximal pouch (p = 0,0005). There were no complications during or after the procedure of double balloon endoscopy. In conclusion, the double balloon method has good success rate of access to the excluded stomach after vertical banded Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; the endoscopic and histologic findings indicate high prevalence of chronic gastritis, atrophy and intestinal metaplasia in the excluded stomach in this selected population; the Helicobacter pylori is present in the excluded stomach after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass; all patients positive for Helicobacter pylori in the excluded stomach were positive in the proximal pouch; and the intensity of inflammation of the excluded stomach and the proximal pouch associate with the presence of Helicobacter pylori.

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endoscopia stomach/pathology gastroplastia anastomosis roux-en-y endoscopy bariatric surgery estômago/patologia derivação gástrica gastroplasty anastomose em-y de roux cirurgia bariátrica gastric bypass

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