Percutaneous Gastrostomy for Treating Dilatation of the Bypassed Stomach After Bariatric Surgery for Morbid Obesity

Abstract

In the absence of complete small-bowel obstruction, percutaneous radiologic gastrostomy provides safe and effective decompression of the excluded gastric remnant after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Gastrostomy tube placement after the early postoperative period is temporizing, with surgical intervention eventually required.