title: [Application of extracorporeal lithotripsy in intestinal subocclusion caused by a clam shell].
abstract: A patient with intestinal obstruction secondary to a foreign body (clam shell) impacted in the ileocecal valve was treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. The resolution of ileus without complications was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía General, Hospital General Universitario, Ciudad Sanitaria y Universitaria Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vicens
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nadal
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ponseti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Solá
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López Cano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sainz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armengol
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012758:Shellfish
vernacular_title: Aplicación de la litotricia extracorpórea en la suboclusión intestinal por valva de molusco.