A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia

Endoscopic biliary stents have been recently applied with increasing frequency as a palliative and curable method in several benign and malignant diseases. As a reminder, although most of the migrated stents pass through the intestinal tract without symptoms, a small portion can lead to complication...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yilmaz, Özkan, Kiziltan, Remzi, Aydin, Oktay, Bayrak, Vedat, Kotan, Çetin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26273488
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/860286
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Sumario:Endoscopic biliary stents have been recently applied with increasing frequency as a palliative and curable method in several benign and malignant diseases. As a reminder, although most of the migrated stents pass through the intestinal tract without symptoms, a small portion can lead to complications. Herein, we present a case of intestinal perforation caused by a biliary stent in the hernia of a patient with a rarely encountered incarcerated incisional hernia.

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