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Endoscopic Management of Fistulas Related to Sleeve Gastrectomy With Double Pigtail Stents According to the BARTOLI Technique

Endoscopic Management of Fistulas Related to Sleeve Gastrectomy With Double Pigtail Stents According to the BARTOLI Technique : an Interventional Multicentric and Prospective Study.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04049955
Acronym
bartoli
Enrollment
150
Registered
2019-08-08
Start date
2019-08-01
Completion date
2021-11-01
Last updated
2023-01-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Fistula, Gastrostomy

Keywords

sleeve gastrostomy, endoscopy, fistula, double pig tail stents

Brief summary

Obesity is a major health problem in western countries, and sleeve gastrectomy has proven its effectiveness on weight loss and improvement of comorbidities related to obesity. The main complication is the occurrence of upper fistula (2%), and may be responsible of several deaths. There is no consensus on medical, radiological and surgical management of fistula. It depends on the resources of each center and is based on a low level evidence The inconstant efficacy of the endoscopic treatment by closing fistula (digestive stents, clips, glue) motivates a new endoscopic approach. It consists of an internal drainage of the collection by using double pigtail stents through the fistulous orifice.

Detailed description

Partially or fully covered stents are the most used method, but are not supported by any comparative studies. Their results are inconstant and the closure rate is estimated between 15 and 100%, with a hazardous median healing time. This method is associated with frequent complications, such as spontaneous migrations, impactions or ulcerations responsible for potentially fatal hematemesis. The preliminary results of using OTSC clips (OVESCO®) seem encouraging, but this technique requires external drainage to obtain a collection free from infection. A new approach is to perform an internal drainage of the peri-orificial collection by using double pigtail stents through the fistulous orifice and to direct the fistula closure from the outside to the inside. This endoscopic treatment, combined with nutritional support and initial antibiotic therapy, allows rapid weaning of external drainage and short healing times. CT and endoscopic evaluation are needed at the sixth week for stents removal in the event of a favorable evolution. In the opposite case, a second endoscopic treatment is performed. In case of unfavorable evolution, a radical surgical treatment, in the absence of endoscopic alternative, will be achieved.

Interventions

PROCEDUREendoscopy

In the case of a well-organized abscessed collection responsible for sepsis instability, or poorly organized collection, an external drainage is carried out, by a radiological or a surgical way. The endoscopy is performed 7 days later. If there is no hemodynamic instability and in presence of a well-organized abscessed collection, a first-line endoscopy is carried out. After laying 2 double pig tail stents, the external drainage is removed 2 to 7 days later.

Sponsors

Bichat Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
centre hospitalier de Compiegne
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
clinique des cedres, Cornebarrieu
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier de Saint-Brieuc
CollaboratorOTHER
Hospital Prive Jean Mermoz
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
CollaboratorOTHER
Nantes University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Rennes University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Toulon
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
CollaboratorOTHER
Clinique Paris-Bercy
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Bordeaux
CollaboratorOTHER
Saint Antoine University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Hôpital Edouard Herriot
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Brest
CollaboratorOTHER
University Hospital, Montpellier
CollaboratorOTHER
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Any major patient hospitalized for a symptomatic fistula after sleeve gastrectomy, outside the

Exclusion criteria

, is eligible. * Free, informed and signed consent * Affiliation to the social security system

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants with Fistula Healing at week 18week 18 after endoscopyNumber of Participants with Healing at week 18

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants with Fistula Healing at week 6week 6 after endoscopyNumber of Participants with Fistula Healing at week 6
Number of Participants with Fistula Healing at week 12week 12 after endoscopyNumber of Participants with Fistula Healing at week 12
Number of Participants with Fistula delayup to week 18 after endoscopyNumber of Participants with Fistula delay
Number of Participants with gastric stenosisup to week 18 after endoscopyNumber of Participants with gastric stenosis
Measure of length of hospital stayup to week 18 after endoscopyAverage total length of hospital stay

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026