title: Endoscopic treatment of gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone (Bouveret's syndrome) after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Gastroenterology and Hepatopancreatology, Erasmus University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dumonceau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delhaye
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Devière
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baize
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cremer
mesh_terms: 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