POST-OPERATIVE DUODENAL FISTULA: PERCUTANEOUS TREATMENT AND REVIEW

Duodenal fistula is a complex condition, relatively frequent presentation, being in most cases of postoperative origin. Among the latter, 6% to 11% are secondary to surgical treatment of perforated duodenal ulcer, and more unusual, as a complication of cholecystectomy. Two cases treated percutaneous at the Polyclinic Bank city of Buenos Aires are presented. The first, a female patient with a duodenal fistula as a postoperative complication of a perforated duodenal ulcer and the second one patient male with the same pathology but as a complication of cholecystectomy. Percutaneous treatment of this disease has been reported sporadically without having proven its usefulness. Once diagnosed the same Fistulography and obliteration were performed percutaneously achieving complete remission of the disease.