a little airy

[Becky147]

Hi
My husband was severly jaundiced, with gallbladder obstruction. He was diagnosed with Mirizti Syndrome prior to surgery. Surgery became a very complicated surgery, and he ended up with a t-tube for the last 3 weeks. He had a t-tube cholangiogram done, with no leaks noted on thursday. They pulled the tube, and he had a large amount of bile leakage for about 8 hours, then it stopped.
We noted that his abdomen was becoming distended after removal of tube. today it was larger, but not excessivley so. Was told to go back to e/r.   C/t revealed that he had air in the abdominal cavity about the size of a cantaloupe.  Why? If no leakage?

[Becky147]

no, I dont think that he is stented.  But I made a mistake with the air being in the
peritoneal cavity.  m.d. said that his stomach was full of air about the size of a very large
canteloupe.  Said that there was  possibly a leak, that sealed it self off.  ????

[CalGal]

Is he stented? It's possible that the site of the leak could be obscured. It may not allow the passage of dye, but it could allow passage of air from a recent test - just a thought.