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A Fatal Complication: Intestinal Perforation Secondary to Migration of a Biliary Stent

BACKGROUND: Stent insertion is widely performed to restore biliary drainage in hepatic, biliary, and pancreatic obstructive conditions. Intestinal perforation due to the migration of these stents is an extremely rare late-term complication that is associated with a high rate of mortality. The curren...

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Autores principales: Güngör, Gülay, Okur, Nazan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scientific Literature, Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4836307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27141238
http://dx.doi.org/10.12659/PJR.896231