Small-bowel obstruction caused by passage of a self-expanding hexagonal cell nitinol stent in the clinical setting of an inguinal hernia.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Lambert
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Lillemoe
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Sofronski
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Dellon
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D000368:Aged; D000497:Alloys; D001650:Bile Duct Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012421:Rupture; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*
D000497:Alloys; C013616:nitinol