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C linical D isorders and Management .................................................................................................. 279
FIGURE 8.32. Management of acute visceral ischemia. Abbreviations: IMA, inferior mesenteric artery; SMA, superior mesenteric artery.
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B
FIGURE 8.33. Acute ischemic colonic infarction. (A) Grossly, there is sloughing of the mucosa, and (B) microscopically, the vessels in the submucosa and serosa are filled with microthrombi. (Figures courtesy of Linda Ferrell, MD.)
Investigation
Endoscopy
Sigmoidoscopy may show a carcinoma in the upper rectum, sigmoid, or descending colon. In diverticulitis, the examination is painful and no tumor is seen. Colonoscopy may be indicated in some cases.
Radiological Studies
Plain films demonstrate distended colon with its typical haustral markings and absence of air in the rectum. CT scan with rectal contrast enema is usually a conclusive examination. In general, barium enema should not be per­formed in a patient with left lower quadrant tenderness
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and inflammatory mass. However, if abdominal tender­ness is absent, a careful barium enema may yield useful information. If this is done, the radiologist should be instructed that a limited examination is needed to show only the site and nature of the obstruction and not a full study of the colon. If too much barium with significant head pressure is used, two catastrophic complications can follow:
1. Perforation of the cecum or at the site of diverticulitis, causing barium peritonitis.
2. Barium loading of the colon proximal to the obstruc­tion, a problem that complicates surgical treatment.
Management
The goals of treatment are rapid decompression of the bowel, removal of the underlying lesion, and restoration of bowel continuity. Specific management details in ob­struction due to diverticulitis and volvulus are discussed below.
When obstruction is due to cancer, the management
decision depends on the condition of the patient, the con­dition of the bowel (e.g., distension, fecal loading), and the lesion site. Three questions must be asked:
1. Should decompressing ileostomy or colostomy precede resection?
2. Should resection be performed and an end-colostomy created with a plan for anastomosis in a second operation?
3. Could primary resection and anastomosis be accom­plished in one operation?
In general, the safest operation should be chosen.
Whenever the lesion can be removed without compro­mising the resection necessary to treat the cancer, primary resection without anastomosis is preferred. Some prefer to perform resection with intraoperative colonic lavage and primary anastomosis. Another option is to perform anato­mosis with the use of a coloshield, a device that provides intraluminal bypass to divert the fecal stream from the anastomosis, thereby reducing anastomotic leak rate. When the obstructing lesion is proximal or in the splenic flexure, extended right hemicolectomy with ileocolostomy is the preferred operation.
SIGMOID VOLVULUS
Clinical Picture
Intermittent suprapubic colicky pain and striking abdom­inal distension are the usual presenting symptoms. The patients, usually elderly and from nursing homes, may have longstanding constipation and may, indeed, have
had prior attacks of sigmoid volvulus that resolved spontaneously.
Radiologic Studies
Plain abdominal films show an extremely dilated single loop of bowel arising from the pelvis, typically with a coffee bean shape (see Figure 8.16). Barium enema, if nec­essary, must be performed with caution. It shows obstruc­tion at the rectosigmoid with a characteristic bird’s beak deformity and spiral narrowing of the bowel.
Management
Sigmoidoscopic Reduction
Sigmoidoscopic reduction should be attempted only when strangulation has not occurred. This is best assessed with flexible sigmoidoscopy. The presence of dusky or black mucosa is a contraindication to sigmoidoscopic decompression. Otherwise, the procedure is performed by advancing a rigid sigmoidoscope to a point a few cen­timeters below the obstruction, then passing a well­lubricated large rectal tube through the sigmoidoscope and gently pushing it through the obstruction. The re­sulting decompression may be somewhat explosive, and the surgeon and surgical assistants should place them­selves appropriately to escape the deluge.
If successful decompression is possible, elective sigmoid resection should be planned after bowel prepara­tion. In very elderly patients, expectant management may be appropriate after the first episode.
If sigmoidoscopic decompression is unsuccessful or if strangulation or perforation occurs, an emergency operation is needed. The goal is to resect the sigmoid and perform an end-descending colostomy. In selected patents with megacolon, total colectomy may be the best option.
CECAL VOLVULUS
Clinical Presentation
The presentation of cecal volvulus is distal small bowel obstruction. The patient may have a history of similar past attacks.
Investigation
Plain films of the abdomen show distal small bowel obstruction with a dilated cecum in the epigastrium or the left upper quadrant. Barium enema is usually diagnostic, showing the level of obstruction and the ileocecal junction to the right of the cecal bubble (see Figure 8.17).
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Management
After fluid resuscitation, all patients should undergo an operation. The goals of surgery are to decompress the obstruction and fix the cecum in the right lower quadrant, either by creating a pocket in the parietal peritoneum and suturing the cecum to the peritoneum or by using tube cecostomy. If strangulation has occurred, right hemicolec­tomy is the definitive procedure.
FISTULAS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
About 95% of external small bowel fistulas develop as a complication following surgery. In the remaining 5%, spontaneous fistulas may occur as a result of primary disease, such as Crohn’s disease, actinomycosis, tuberculo­sis, or neoplasm. Postoperative small bowel fistulas occur as a result of either suture-line dehiscence, unrecognized intraoperative bowel injury, or because the small bowel is incorporated into a suture during closure of the abdomi­nal wall. Suture-line dehiscence is apt to occur in previ­ously irradiated bowel. The fistula may be a high-output fistula (producing more than 500mL/24 h) or a low­output fistula.
Clinical Picture
The typical picture is a patient who, 2 or more days postabdominal surgery, develops sepsis with fever and leukocytosis. Abdominal pain and tenderness are present. The incision becomes red and, when opened, intestinal contents discharge through the wound. The discharge of succus entericus may excoriate the skin of the abdominal wall. After drainage of the wound, the sepsis subsides unless there is associated intra-abdominal abscess or abscesses. A high-output fistula from the duodenum or jejunum can lead to severe fluid and electrolyte abnormalities.
Investigation
Laboratory Studies
Leukocytosis is common and, in high-output fistula, hemoconcentration and electrolyte abnormalities may occur. Low serum albumin levels may indicate preexisting malnutrition.
Radiological Studies
Plain abdominal films are likely to be less helpful than CT scan and ultrasound, which are the best way to look for an intra-abdominal abscess. The location of the fistula and whether or not distal obstruction is present may be detected by oral or rectal administration of contrast medium. In regard to the fistulous tract, information about the number of fistulas and whether or not there is
associated abscess is best obtained with a fistulogram by injecting hypaque into the fistula tract.
Treatment
A well-planned management approach is indicated, including:
1. Replacement of fluids and electrolytes. Restoration of lost fluids requires estimating the existing deficit and measuring continuing losses. An ileostomy bag or a suction system is used to collect fistula output. Careful daily input-output charting and daily weighing of the patient are essential.
2. Reduction of fistula output. This is done through institution of nasogastric suction, use of H
2
-receptor antagonists, or, in the case of a high-output fistula, use of subcutaneous injection of the longacting somatostatin analogue octreotide.
3. Control of fistula and wound care. As much as pos­sible, fistula output should be drained directly into a bag or by a suction catheter to limit skin damage. Various pastes may be applied to the surrounding skin to prevent excoriation.
4. Drainage of any associated abscess. Drainage is best handled by interventional radiology using CT-guided insertion of a catheter into the abscess cavity through the fistulous tract. If the fistula cannot be drained successfully in this way, operative drainage is necessary.
5. Supplemental nutrition. Total parenteral nutrition may need to be instituted,providing 2500 to 3000 kcals/day.
6. Operative treatment. Operative treatment is indi­cated when a fistula fails to heal, usually due to the pres­ence of:
a. Undrained pus. b. Foreign body. c. Distal obstruction. d. Short fistulous tract. e. Active disease (e.g., Crohn’s disease, malignancy) at
the site of perforation.
The key decision is choosing the timing of surgery. If sepsis is controlled and adequate nutrition established, the operation should be delayed 8 to 12 weeks. During that time, about a third of patients spontaneously heal their fistula. If the fistula persists, reoperation is necessary to resect the fistulous segment. If this is technically difficult, the fistula may be bypassed. The latter procedure is rarely needed if the second operation is delayed 8 to 12 weeks after the onset of the fistula.
DIVERTICULITIS OF THE COLON
Diverticulitis is the second most common disease of the colon and the second most common cause of colonic obstruction following colon cancer.
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Clinical Presentation
Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
Uncomplicated diverticulitis typically presents with acute onset of nausea, vomiting, fever, and left lower quadrant (LLQ) pain similar to the pain of acute ap­pendicitis but on the wrong side. Diarrhea alternating with constipation is a typical antecedent complaint. Physical examination reveals LLQ tenderness and mass. The mass is best appreciated with bimanual examination with one finger in the rectum and the other hand palpating the abdomen. Leukocytosis with a shift to the left will be present. Sometimes, patients may complain of dysuria.
Complicated Diverticulitis
Diverticulitits may cause complications, which include obstruction of the sigmoid, localized perforation with pericolic abscess, free perforation with generalized peritonitis, and colovesical fistula.
1. Colonic obstruction due to diverticulitis. Colonic obstruction is always associated with acute flare-up of diverticulitis and the signs and symptoms of sigmoid inflammation, as well as left-sided colon obstruction with distension and late-onset vomiting.
2. Pericolic abscess. The patient is more ill, and im­pressive signs of localized peritonitis and tender mass may be present in the LLQ of the abdomen. High fever and leukocytosis with bandemia are common. Nausea and vomiting, including signs of large bowel obstruction, may be present.
3. Generalized peritonitis. Free perforation of colonic diverticula with fecal peritonitis is a serious, life-threatening illness. Generalized peritonitis could also be secondary to perforation of a previously localized pericolic abscess, in which case the peritonitis is purulent. The findings in both are those of generalized peritonitis with severe sepsis with or without accompanying septic shock.
4. Colovesical fistula. This is rarely an acute problem and manifests itself with recurrent attacks of polymicro­bial urinary infection and history of pneumoturia.
Investigations
Laboratory Studies
Leukocytosis with a shift to the left occurs. In severely septic patients, gram-negative bacteria may be grown in blood culture. Mild dehydration may be present. Anemia and severe electrolyte imbalance are not characteristically seen.
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ADIOLOGICAL STUDIES
Plain Films of the Abdomen Obstruction associated with diverticulitis involves the left colon. When pericolic abscess is present, the picture is that of ileus. When per­foration has occurred, free air may be present in the peritoneum.
CT Scan CT scan is the most useful study to in­vestigate septic process in the lower abdomen. Sigmoid thickening and effacement of pericolic fat are seen in diverticulitis. Pericolic abscesses are readily visualized and their accessibility for percutaneous drainage determined.
Rectal Contrast Studies Barium enema is contrain­dicated in acute diverticulitis. The use of water-soluble enema has now been largely replaced by CT scan. Barium enema is a useful study 2 or 3 weeks following resolution of acute diverticulitis and may show multiple diverticula and a sinus tract with or without communication to an abscess cavity outside the colon.
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NDOSCOPY The role of sigmoidoscopy is limited, and
colonoscopy should be avoided. If rigid sigmoidoscopy is performed, the scope cannot be passed beyond the rectosigmoid, where erythema and edema may be visible. The examination is painful.
Surgical Management
Uncomplicated Diverticulitis
Patients with mild attacks can be treated on an outpatient basis with clear fluid diet and broad-spectrum oral anti­biotics or triple antibiotics (i.e., ampicillin, an aminogly­coside, and metronidazole). Patients with more severe symptoms should be admitted to hospital and treated with intravenous fluids and intravenous antibiotics. Resolution of symptoms occurs within 5 to 10 days. Rarely is opera­tion required unless the condition has recurred three or more times. Full colon investigation is done 2 to 3 weeks after discharge from hospital.
Colonic Obstruction due to Diverticulitis
Patients with colonic obstruction should be admitted to a hospital. They are given intravenous fluids and nasogastric suction is instituted. Broad-spectrum antibiotic or triple antibiotic therapy is administered intravenously. Adequate analgesia is provided with meperidine or pentazocin. Morphine should be avoided because it increases colonic pressure. Typically, symptoms resolve in 5 to 10 days. Surgery is not indicated if this is the first, and perhaps even the second, attack. If it is the third attack, or if obstruction fails to resolve in 12 to 14 days, sigmoid resection is nec­essary. The safest operation is the Hartmann procedure
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FIGURE 8.34. Hartmann procedure. (A) The affected sigmoid colon is resected, (B) the descending colostomy is then constructed, and the rectal stump closed in layers. (Adapted from Schwartz SI, ed: Principles of Surgery, 6th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 1994:1282.)
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(Figure 8.34), in which the sigmoid is resected; the rectal stump closed, and end-descending colon colostomy con­structed. The colostomy would then be taken down and colorectal anastomosis performed in a second operation 2 to 6 months later. Some surgeons advocate colonic lavage performed on the operating table and resection with primary colorectal anastomosis to avoid a second operation.
Pericolic Abscess
Pericolic abscesses can be drained with a CT-guided percutaneous catheter if they are 4 cm or larger and readily accessible (Figure 8.35). The drainage procedure, done in conjunction with antibiotic therapy, resolves symptoms in most patients. The catheter is removed when drainage is 10 mL or less per day, and the patient is discharged to await definitive colectomy in about 6 weeks time. At any time during the treatment, if sepsis worsens or fails to resolve, an emergency Hartmann procedure is performed and the abscess is drained. During operation on patients like these, it may be wise to insert a ureteric catheter in place in the left or both ureters to aid in identification of the ureters and thus help prevent inadvertent injury.
Generalized Peritonitis
Generalized peritonitis is a complication that requires rapid resuscitation, institution of nasogastric and intravenous antibiotic therapy, and emergency laparo­tomy. The diseased segment with perforation is resected; the abdomen is washed with multiple liters of saline; the rectal stump is closed or, if long enough, brought out as a mucous fistula; and end-colostomy is constructed. During operation for severe diverticulitis complicated with per­colitic abscess or perforation—where the pelvis is frozen and safe dissection of the diseased sigmoid is difficult— the descending colon should be divided just above the diseased bowel and end-colostomy and mucous fistula constructed. Closed-suction drainage of the pelvis is also instituted.
Treatment of colonic perforation is associated with a high incidence of intra-abdominal abscesses postopera­tively. These patients require vigilant abdominal examina­tion and CT scan if a septic picture develops. They are, of course, kept on broad-spectrum antibiotics postopera­tively. Any intra-abdominal abscess that develops might be amenable to percutaneous drainage. Otherwise, surgical drainage will be necessary.
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A
B
FIGURE 8.35. Drainage of pericolic abscess in diverticulitis. (A) The pelvic CT scan, performed with water-soluble contrast material in the rectum and sigmoid, demonstrates a 6–cm mass (letter A) with an air-fluid level adjacent to a thickened sigmoid segment (arrow). This mass represents an extramural pericolic abscess. (B) After a drainage catheter was placed percutaneously in the abscess cavity using CT guidance, contrast injected into the abscess demonstrated a connection with the sigmoid colon (arrow). (Courtesy of Henry I. Goldman, MD.)
Colovesical Fistula
CROHN’S DISEASE
Patients who develop colovesical fistula are treated with elective resection after mechanical and antibiotic bowel preparation. The colovesical fistula is taken down. Usually, the fistula is exceedingly small but may be large enough to require closure of the bladder with nonabsorbable sutures. Sigmoid resection with primary colorectal anastomosis is then performed.
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Crohn’s disease may present as a chronic disease or as an acute abdomen simulating acute appendicitis. The distinction between Crohn’s disease and chronic ulcerative colitis is generally evident, based on the different manifes­tations and treatment responses of the two diseases (Table
8.10), but occasionally the distinction may be difficult.
Acute Presentation
Acute ileitis may present as an acute abdomen, mimicking acute appendicitis in abdominal findings and leukocyto­sis. Some patients, however, have, in addition, anemia that is not usually seen in acute appendicitis.
Tr e at m e n t
An emergent operation, usually through a right lower quadrant incision, is performed for presumed acute appendicitis. The appendix is normal, but the terminal ileum is grossly inflamed with thickening of the bowel wall and mesentery. Mesenteric lymph nodes may also be enlarged. The condition could be Crohn’s disease or ileitis due to other causes, particularly Yersinia enterocolitica. About 15% of cases initially presumed to be due to Yersinia are determined to be chronic Crohn’s disease.
Appendectomy should be performed to remove acute appendicitis as a possible diagnosis during future attacks. However, it may be unwise to perform appendectomy if granulomatous inflammation is present at the base of the
appendix in the cecum because of the risk of postopera­tive fistula formation. Resection of the diseased ileum may be necessary if obstruction is present.
Chronic Crohn’s Disease
Clinical Presentation
Onset of disease is usually insidious. Chronic diarrhea and abdominal pain are the presenting symptoms in 90% of cases. Patients may describe a course characterized by exacerbations and remissions. Diarrhea is frequent, with loose bowel movements occurring sometimes 10 to 15 times/day. The stool usually contains no blood unless Crohn’s colitis is present. Fatigue, weight loss, malaise, and fever are frequent symptoms. Other presenting symptoms include fever of unknown origin, recurrent anorectal lesions, or iron-deficiency anemia. Patients may also present with obstruction, abdominal abscess, or occas­ionally, with one or more of the extra-intestinal mani­festations described earlier.
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TABLE 8.10. Comparison of Crohn’s Disease and Chronic Ulcerative Colitis
Crohn’s disease Chronic ulcerative colitis
Distribution Small intestine in 90% Small intestine involved only in
Ileocolitis in 40%–60% backwash ileitis Large bowel alone in 25%–30% Rectum usually involved Rectum infrequently involved
Pathology Transmural granulomatous Inflammation limited to mucosa
inflammation Extensive superficial ulceration Longitudinal ulcers, transverse fissures Bowel wall and mesentery No thickening of bowel wall or
thickened mesentery Pseudopolyps uncommon Pseudopolyps common
Clinical features Diarrhea less severe, less bloody Severe diarrhea, usually bloody
Gross bleeding uncommon Gross bleeding characteristic Bowel obstruction common Bowel obstruction rare Severe perianal disease common Perianal disease uncommon Toxic megacolon uncommon Toxic megacolon more common Fistula formation common Fistula formation rare Perforation rare Perforation common
Radiology Skip areas Continuous involvement
Cobblestone mucosa Finely granular mucosa with ulcers Fistulas and strictures common Fistulas and strictures uncommon
Endoscopy Rectal sparing common Rectum usually involved
Cobblestone mucosa with Erythematous mucosa with contact
linear ulcers and skip lesions bleeding and discreet ulcers
Treatment response Less responsive to medical Good response to medical treatment
treatment in 85% High recurrence rate after Cured by colectomy and mucosal
surgical resection proctectomy
Malignancy <10% after 20 years 20%–25% after 20 years
Investigation
LABORATORY FINDINGS Anemia is a frequent finding,
and leukocytosis is present if sepsis has developed. An ele­vated sedimentation rate is a feature of active disease. Hypoalbuminemia is common. Steatorrhea is present when the ileum is extensively involved. A number of mal­absorption tests may be abnormal, including the D-xylose absorption test, and hydrogen and
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indium and
99m
technitium have been used semiquantita-
14
CO2breath tests. Both
tively to measure tracer activity in fecal leukocytes and to perform scintigraphy to establish disease location and extent.
ADIOLOGICAL STUDIES
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Plain Films of the Abdomen Plain films often are negative or show nonspecific gas patterns within the small intestine unless an obstruction is present.
ARIUM CONTRAST STUDIES Barium studies often
B
establish the diagnosis. Barium enema should be the initial examination because, not only will it detect the presence of Crohn’s colitis, but it also provides the best image of the terminal ileum (Figure 8.36). Following barium enema, the small bowel should be investigated with barium swallow and small bowel follow-through or enterocylosis. Positive findings include edema of the mucosa; edema of the entire wall, which manifests as a separation between adjacent loops of bowel; and aphthous ulcers, which progress to create denuded areas that give the characteristic cobble­stone appearance. A characteristic radiological finding is the string sign, due to thickening of the bowel wall and luminal narrowing (Figure 8.37). Signs of more advanced disease include strictures, fistulas, and abscesses. Also char­acteristic in Crohn’s disease are skip lesions, where affected segments of bowel are separated by segments of normal bowel. When extramural complications are suspected, CT scan provides the most information.
B
A
FIGURE 8.36. Diagnosis of chronic Crohn’s colitis. (A) A barium enema in a patient with ileocolic Crohn’s disease demonstrates a normal appearance of the rectosigmoic and extensive ulceration and nodularity of the transverse and ascending colon (arrows), typical of Crohn’s disease. The terminal ileum appears normal (arrowhead). (B) The small bowel barium examination illustrates the presence of Crohn’s disease in the terminal ileum (arrowheads), while the cecum in this patient appears normal. (Courtesy of Henry I. Goldman, MD.)
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FIGURE 8.37. String sign in Crohn’s colitis. This small bowel barium examination illustrates the string sign, due to extensive transmural ileal Crohn’s disease (arrows). The ileum is extremely narrowed and widely separated from adjacent bowel segments because of both transmural thickening and reactive mesenteric fat. (Courtesy of Henry I. Goldman, MD.)
FIGURE 8.38. Cobblestoning in Crohn’s disease. In Crohn’s disease of the colon, the presence of linear and transverse ulcers characteristically produces a cobblestone pattern (arrows). In this patient, the pattern is manifest primarily in the transverse colon. (Courtesy of Henry I. Goldman, MD.)
Endoscopy Both colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy may be necessary. Colonoscopy should attempt to examine the terminal ileum by intubation of the ileocecal valve. Pancolonoscopy is generally contraindicated during severe bouts of colitis for fear of precipitating toxic megacolon, a complication that is sometimes seen in CD but is more common in CUC. Colonoscopy should be preceded by careful evaluation of the perianal region. The presence of perianal fissures, fistulas, or abscess is most suggestive of CD. The rectum is relatively spared. Colonic involvement, if present, is segmental, with cobblestoning from intersec­tions of longitudinal and transverse ulcers (Figure 8.38). The terminal ileum is involved in some 80% of cases of CD. Multiple biopsies of affected areas should be obtained, particularly areas of stenosis or stricture formation. The diagnostic role of capsule video endoscopy is now under evaluation.
Clinical Management
MEDICAL THERAPY
Nutritional Therapy CD is treated medically; surgery is reserved for complicated cases (see below). Nutritional therapy is important as a supplement to other medical
therapy and to help induce growth in children. Both ele­mental diet and total parenteral nutrition are useful. Medical and surgical approaches are summarized in Table
8.11.
Aminosalicylates These include sulfasalazine and a growing number of 5-aminosalicylic acid (mesolamine) derivatives. Sulfasalazine has been shown by several controlled prospective trials to provide effective therapy, particularly in patients with Crohn’s colitis and ileocolitis.
TABLE 8.11. Essentials: Treatment of Crohn’s Disease
Medical
Sulfasalazine
Mesalamine (5-ASA) 500–1000 mg tid
Corticosteroid 0.25–0.75 mg/kg
Clarithromycin 250 mg bid
Growth hormone
6-mercaptopurine 15 mg/wk
Azathioprine
Surgical
Ileal obstruction: right hemicolectomy
Acute refractory disease: conservative resection
Chronic stricutre: stricturoplasty
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