Primary jejunal perforation following index feeding jejunostomy - a rare complication of a common surgical procedure

Abstract

Jejunostomy is considered one of the safest, least expensive, and most well established methods for providing enteral feeding to patients who are unable to eat orally. It is a relatively standard procedure, and patients generally tolerate it well. The occurrence of major complications associated with this procedure is minimal, and primary jejunal perforation has only been reported twice in the medical literature. In our case report, we describe a 33-year-old woman with metastatic carcinoma of the stomach and gastric outlet obstruction who underwent a feeding procedure. Post operatively, she experienced an extremely rare complication from this otherwise common surgical intervention.