V3 - Creating Your Own Paths: EUS-Guided Transjejunal Gallbladder Drainage and ERCP, Cholecystoscopy, and Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy for Choledocholithiasis and Cholelithiasis in a Patient With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Jason Nasser, MD¹, Arjun Chatterjee, MD¹, Mohannad Abou Saleh, MD¹, Donald Kirby, MD¹, Prabhleen Chahal, MD^2
1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; ²Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Introduction: Treating choledocholithiasis and cholelithiasis in patients with altered gastrointestinal anatomy is a challenge given the difficulty in accessing the biliary tract using conventional endoscopic techniques. Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) directed transgastric ERCP (EDGE) represents a novel solution to this challenge. It allows access to the excluded stomach allowing safe performance of ERCP and interventional EUS procedures including gallbladder drainage.

Case Description/Methods: A 61-year-old man with a history of morbid obesity, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and bowel perforation complicated by extensive resection and short gut syndrome, as well as rheumatoid arthritis and chronic kidney disease, presented to clinic for intermittent right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and vomiting. Imaging revealed large cholelithiasis, choledocholithiasis, and biliary dilatation with gallbladder distention. Given his high surgical risk and symptomatic biliary disease, EDGE and EUS-guided management of the large gallstone was planned. The first step was to create a jejunogastrostomy (JG) which was performed using EUS-guided 15mmx10mm lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) deployment through the Roux limb into the excluded stomach. ERCP was performed 4 weeks later finding choledocholithiasis, and complete removal of two stones was accomplished. This was followed by EUS-guided gallbladder drainage via JG and successful creation of a cholecystoduodenostomy (CDS) using the 15mmx10mm AXIOS stent system. Direct cholecystoscopy, electrohydraulic lithotripsy and removal of a large gallstone were then performed. Both LAMS from JG and CDS were removed at the end of the procedure. Follow-up upper GI series at 6 weeks showed complete closure of the jejunogastrostomy fistula.

Discussion: The EDGE approach provides access to the excluded remnant stomach enabling ERCP and interventional EUS procedures such as gall bladder drainage. In this case, we demonstrate the utility of this procedure in enabling access to the gallbladder and permitting direct cholecystoscopy, electrohydraulic lithotripsy, and removal of a large symptomatic gallstone, thus avoiding long-term percutaneous drains and recurrent symptoms, in addition to the risk of cholecystitis or Mirizzi syndrome from a large gallstone.


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Jason Nasser, MD¹, Arjun Chatterjee, MD¹, Mohannad Abou Saleh, MD¹, Donald Kirby, MD¹, Prabhleen Chahal, MD², V3, Creating Your Own Paths: EUS-Guided Transjejunal Gallbladder Drainage and ERCP, Cholecystoscopy, and Electrohydraulic Lithotripsy for Choledocholithiasis and Cholelithiasis in a Patient With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, ACG 2022 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Charlotte, NC: American College of Gastroenterology.