Stomach Flashcards
What is the right gastric artery?
A branch of the proper hepatic artery that comes off after the gastroduodenal artery (GDA) take off.
What does the gastroduodenal artery supply?
It comes off the common hepatic artery and gives blood to the pylorus.
What are the characteristics of atrophic gastritis?
Low HCl, achlorhydria, high gastrin, low pepsin, and low intrinsic factor.
What hormones are released from the duodenum with duodenal acidification?
Somatostatin, CCK, and secretin.
What is the #1 cause of rapid gastric emptying?
2 ulcers
Previous surgery.
What is a trichobezoar?
A hairball that cannot be removed with EGD and requires gastrostomy.
What is a phytobezoar?
A type of bezoar made of fiber or vegetable matter. Cellulase is the best treatment. Can try papaine. Coca-cola also works really well, or EGD
What is Dieulafoy’s lesion?
A congenital submucosal arterial malformation, usually located on the lesser curvature, treated with EGD and clipping.
What is gastric antral vascular ectasia?
“Watermelon stomach” characterized by dilated mucosal blood vessels containing thrombus, leading to acute/chronic blood loss. Associated with collagen disorders.
What is Menetrier’s disease?
Massive gastric folds (also seen in gastrinoma), excessive mucous= results in protein loss and ZERO acid production (achlorhydria)
- Foveolar hyperplasia, lots of mucus secreting cells and loss of parietal cells
- RF: CMV infection in children, H pylori in adults
- 24-hour pH reveals achlorhydria no acid
- NEED biopsy to rule out CA
- Related to excessive TGF alpha.
- Treatment is high protein diet, test for H.pylori. cetuximab (new treatment)
What is hypergastrinemia?
Caused by retrained gastric antrum, G cell hyperplasia, PPI use, pernicious anemia, renal insufficiency, and gastrinoma.
What is a Mallory-Weiss tear?
Mallory-Weiss tear – Tear is in STOMACH
Linear mucosal/submucosal tear usually below GEJ, MC lesser curve of cardia
RF: hiatal hernia
Usually self-limited
1st line: EGD, 2nd line: angiography and left gastric embolization. 3rd line: surgery
During EGD: if it is not actively bleeding, don’t do anything to it. Most resolve on its own
What is gastric volvulus?
Associated with paraesophageal hernia
Nausea without vomiting
Associated with wandering spleen – lacks peritoneal attachments
Borchardt’s triad – epigastric pain, retching without vomiting, unable to pass NGT
Organoaxial – MC: twisting between GEJ and pylorus
Mesenteroaxial – twisting between lesser and greater curvature
Dx: BEST IS BARIUM SWALLOW
Treatment:
- Untwist and Diaphragmatic hernia repair with Nissen fundoplication if there is a hernia
- If no hernia at all needs gastropexy
What is the most common complication of duodenal ulcers?
worsens with eating
90% associated with H. pylori
MC peptic ulcer
MC in 1st portion and anterior
MC complication is bleeding
Anterior ulcers: perforate
Posterior ulcers bleed from GDA
Curling ulcer – Burn and duodenal ulcer
Tx: PPI, H. pylori- amoxicillin, metronidazole, tetracycline
Gastric ulcers
Older men, slow healing
RF: male, tobacco, ETOH, NSAID, H. pylori, uremia, stress, steroids, chemo
Relieved with eating but recurs in 30 minutes
H. pylori found in 90% duodenal ulcers and 70% gastric ulcers increased acid
Hemorrhage in gastric ulcers associated with higher mortality than duodenal ulcer
Perforation is the MC complication of gastric ulcers
MC 80% on lesser curvature
Cushing’s ulcer – head trauma and gastric ulcer
Gastric ulcer types
Type I – MC TYPE Lesser curvature, proximal to incisura. Decreased mucosal protection
- Refractory disease (failed PPI X 3 months) tx: Antrectomy, vagotomy, with Billroth I
Type II – 2 ulcers. Lesser curvature (distal to incisura angularis) and duodenal. High acid secretion
- Refractory disease (failed PPI X 3 months) tx: Antrectomy, vagotomy, with Billroth I
Type III – Pre-pyloric; high acid secretion
- Antrectomy, vagotomy, with Billroth I (preferred, but if can’t reach) Billroth II or Roux-en-Y gastroJ
Type IV - lesser curve high along the cardia. Decreased mucosal protection
Type V - Diffuse ulcers; NSAID use
-Types of ulcer associated with increased acid output: Type II and III
-Types of ulcer associated with decreased mucosal protection: Type I and IV
Type A blood – associated with type I ulcers
Type O blood –associated with II-IV ulcers
What is the follow-up protocol for peptic ulcers?
All patients with peptic ulcer need follow up EGD 8-12 weeks after dx/treatment
- Can DC PPI if ulcer completely healed
- If still present after 3 months, will require surgery (refractory to treatment)
What are the criteria for surgery following EGD for bleeding peptic ulcer disease?
Criteria for surgery following EGD attempt to control bleeding peptic ulcer dz.
- > 4 units and still bleeding
- In shock despite transfusion
- Recurrent bleed after maximal EGD tx
Vagotomy in perforation
The use of highly selective vagotomy in perforation is not recommended, too soiled and too delicate of procedure
Billroth 1/2
Roux en y gastroj has higher risk of marginal ulcers than Billroth II
Billroth I – is preferred over Billroth II in benign gastric ulcer surgery to avoid, duodenal stump leak, afferent loop obstruction etc
Bilroth II – is preferred over RNY GJ when vagotomy is also performed due to risk of gastric atony (roux stasis syndrome)
Antrectomy = Billroth I or Billroth II
- Afferent limb should be 20 cm and performed retrocolic to avoid afferent loop obstruction
Roux en y GJ – Roux limb should be 40 cm to prevent bile reflux
Indications to perform definitive acid reducing surgery:
Never perform definitive ulcer surgery (vagotomy OR antrectomy) if patient has any below, instead just do graham patch
- Shock
- Perforation
Indications to perform definitive acid reducing surgery:
- Intractable dz X 3 months and treated for H. Pylori
- Continued smoking
- Continued NSAID use
Perforated gastric ulcer/ bleeding gastric ulcer
Perforated gastric ulcer – Going to OR
- Always start work up with upright x-ray straight to OR if free air
- Always need biopsy and send for frozen section
- If not on PPI or H. pylori has not been treated or UNSTABLEWedge resection (send for frozen) preferred over patch
- If on PPI and treated for H. Pylori AND STABLE Distal antrectomy (include ulcer) or vagotomy with drainage procedure
- Pauchet’s procedure – Antrectomy with a tongue proximally to get Type IV (cardia ulcers)
- Csend’s procedure – Subtotal gastrectomy with RNY GJ to get proximal cardia ulcer
- Giant gastric ulcer = 3 cm. 30% of these are cancer needs antrectomy
Bleeding gastric ulcer- Going to OR
- Vagotomy is never needed
- Avoid any definitive ulcer surgery if in shock/unstable
- Gold standard: gastrostomy and overdew, especially if unstable
Gastric ulcer hemorrhage has higher mortality vs duodenal