Endoscopic treatment of gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone (Bouveret's syndrome) after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.
Two patients with gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone were treated by endoscopic lithotripsy. All fragments of significant size were removed orally, except for one that was left in the stomach in the first patient. This fragment caused a recurrent ileus after initial clinical improvement. The other patient remained clinically well after hospital discharge.
Dumonceau
J M
JM
Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatopancreatology, Erasmus University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Delhaye
M
M
Devière
J
J
Baize
M
M
Cremer
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013577:Syndrome