title: Gut perforation caused by biliary endoprosthesis.
abstract: Two cases are reported of perforation of the gut caused by biliary endoprosthesies in the three-year period 1993-1995. The first patient was an 81-year-old man who had perforation of the terminal ileum caused by a straight 10 French/7 cm stent which had been dislodged from the bile duct; he underwent laparotomy but did not recover. The second patient was an 86-year-old man who had perforation of the sigmoid colon caused by a straight 7 French/5 cm stent left in the duodenum during a stent exchange procedure; he was successfully treated laparoscopically. Two cases of gut perforation in a three-year period is a rather high rate of this rare complication of placement of biliary endoprostheses.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Department, Central Hospital of Akershus, Nordbyhagen, Norway.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Størkson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Edwin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Reiertsen
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Faerden
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sortland
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rosseland
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001651:Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007082:Ileum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents