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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Main Authors: Özkan Yilmaz, Remzi Kiziltan, Oktay Aydin, Vedat Bayrak, Çetin Kotan
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Surgery
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/860286
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Remzi Kiziltan
Oktay Aydin
Vedat Bayrak
Çetin Kotan
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description 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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spelling doaj-art-53c3e35b42d04baeb898b29e954873aa2025-02-03T01:23:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192015-01-01201510.1155/2015/860286860286A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional HerniaÖzkan Yilmaz0Remzi Kiziltan1Oktay Aydin2Vedat Bayrak3Çetin Kotan4Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Ceyhan Government Hospital, Adana, TurkeyDepartment of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, TurkeyEndoscopic 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/860286
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A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
Case Reports in Surgery
title A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
title_full A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
title_fullStr A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
title_full_unstemmed A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
title_short A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia
title_sort rare complication of biliary stent migration small bowel perforation in a patient with incisional hernia
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/860286
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