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Needle catheter jejunostomy complicated by pneumatosis intestinalis: a case report
A M Wolthuis1, J P Vanrijkel, C Aelvoet
1Department of General Surgery and Traumatology, A.Z. Imelda, Bonheiden, Belgium. amwolthuis@hotmail.com
Acta Chirurgica Belgica
|January 28, 2004
Abstract:
Needle catheter jejunostomy is a technique to allow enteral feeding after upper abdominal surgery. An unusual postoperative complication is pneumatosis intestinalis which can be life-threatening. A case of a 76-year-old man with pneumatosis intestinalis due to needle catheter jejunostomy, in whom diagnosis was made by CT-scan, is described. Needle catheter jejunostomy complicated by pneumatosis intestinalis needs attention and careful treatment. Removal of the catheter seems necessary, although controversy remains.