Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre

Introduction: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are characterised by the appearance of colorectal cancer if the disease is left to follow its natural course, which means they frequently undergo prophylactic colectomy at a young age. In these patients, duodenal cancer becomes the lea...

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Main Authors: José Barbosa, Vítor Lopes, Fabiana Sousa, Manuela Baptista, José Pedro Barbosa, Elisabete Barbosa
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmas.jmas_161_23
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author José Barbosa
Vítor Lopes
Fabiana Sousa
Manuela Baptista
José Pedro Barbosa
Elisabete Barbosa
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Vítor Lopes
Fabiana Sousa
Manuela Baptista
José Pedro Barbosa
Elisabete Barbosa
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description Introduction: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are characterised by the appearance of colorectal cancer if the disease is left to follow its natural course, which means they frequently undergo prophylactic colectomy at a young age. In these patients, duodenal cancer becomes the leading cause of death, which deems surveillance necessary. Gastric cancer, although rare, can also occur in these patients, and total gastrectomy is the usual treatment option. Patients and Methods: We used a pedicled isoperistaltic jejunal flap interposition technique to reconstruct the digestive tract after a total gastrectomy so that duodenal surveillance could be maintained in patients followed in outpatient consultation for genetic diseases. We also describe how this technique was performed fully through laparoscopy in two of these cases. Results: We identified four patients with FAP who developed malignant or extensive pre-malignant gastric lesions which were not endoscopically resectable. Two patients were submitted to open surgery and the remaining two underwent laparoscopic surgery. There was no perioperative or post-operative morbidity, and all four patients are alive at the time of writing, with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. They were not diagnosed with major nutritional imbalances and were routinely submitted to endoscopic duodenal surveillance, sometimes including polypectomy, with ease. Conclusion: In our experience, this surgical technique has good results, and all surgical steps can be done entirely through laparoscopy, with every advantage this approach entails.
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spelling doaj-art-51e738e16e5d47cf9e1ccafee99215dd2025-08-20T03:12:42ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Minimal Access Surgery0972-99411998-39212025-01-0121171010.4103/jmas.jmas_161_23Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centreJosé BarbosaVítor LopesFabiana SousaManuela BaptistaJosé Pedro BarbosaElisabete BarbosaIntroduction: Patients with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) are characterised by the appearance of colorectal cancer if the disease is left to follow its natural course, which means they frequently undergo prophylactic colectomy at a young age. In these patients, duodenal cancer becomes the leading cause of death, which deems surveillance necessary. Gastric cancer, although rare, can also occur in these patients, and total gastrectomy is the usual treatment option. Patients and Methods: We used a pedicled isoperistaltic jejunal flap interposition technique to reconstruct the digestive tract after a total gastrectomy so that duodenal surveillance could be maintained in patients followed in outpatient consultation for genetic diseases. We also describe how this technique was performed fully through laparoscopy in two of these cases. Results: We identified four patients with FAP who developed malignant or extensive pre-malignant gastric lesions which were not endoscopically resectable. Two patients were submitted to open surgery and the remaining two underwent laparoscopic surgery. There was no perioperative or post-operative morbidity, and all four patients are alive at the time of writing, with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. They were not diagnosed with major nutritional imbalances and were routinely submitted to endoscopic duodenal surveillance, sometimes including polypectomy, with ease. Conclusion: In our experience, this surgical technique has good results, and all surgical steps can be done entirely through laparoscopy, with every advantage this approach entails.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmas.jmas_161_23familial adenomatous polyposisgastric cancerinterpositionjejunal flaplaparoscopytotal gastrectomy
spellingShingle José Barbosa
Vítor Lopes
Fabiana Sousa
Manuela Baptista
José Pedro Barbosa
Elisabete Barbosa
Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
Journal of Minimal Access Surgery
familial adenomatous polyposis
gastric cancer
interposition
jejunal flap
laparoscopy
total gastrectomy
title Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
title_full Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
title_fullStr Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
title_full_unstemmed Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
title_short Jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis: A report on the experience of a single centre
title_sort jejunal flap interposition after total gastrectomy in managing patients with familial adenomatous polyposis a report on the experience of a single centre
topic familial adenomatous polyposis
gastric cancer
interposition
jejunal flap
laparoscopy
total gastrectomy
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jmas.jmas_161_23
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