Small-bowel obstruction and perforation. A rare complication of an esophageal stent.
To bridge a malignant stenosis after esophageal cancer recurrence two silicon-coated wall stents were inplanted in a 52-year-old patient within 6 months. Two weeks after the second stent was implanted, clinical examination showed dislocation of the prosthesis. Intraoperatively the two stents were found sticking in the side-to-side jejunostomy of a former Billroth II operation, leading to perforation there.
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Department of Surgery, University of Frankfurt am Main, Theodor Stern Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany.
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D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*