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Bouveret's syndrome complicated by distal gallstone ileus after laser lithotropsy using Holmium: YAG laser

BACKGROUND: Bouveret's syndrome is an unusual presentation of duodenal obstruction caused by the passage of a large gallstone through a cholecystoduodenal fistula. Endoscopic therapy has been used as first-line treatment, especially in patients with high surgical risk. CASE PRESENTATION: We rep...

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Autores principales: Alsolaiman, Mohammad M, Reitz, Christoph, Nawras, Ali T, Rodgers, John B, Maliakkal, Benedict J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC117132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12086587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-2-15