title: Percutaneous introduction of a snare for removal of migrated biliary stents.
abstract: This report describes two cases in which proximally migrated Amsterdam-type biliary stents were extracted using transhepatic snare introduction into the bile ducts. In one case, the migrated stent was removed transhepatically via a percutaneous approach, and in the other a combination transhepatic-endoscopic extraction was successful. No complications were encountered. Percutaneous introduction of snare via transhepatic route offers a good alternative to surgery for removal of migrated biliary stents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Fevzi Cakmak Cad. 10. sok No: 45 06490 Bahçelievler, Ankara, Turkey. caglat@baskent-ank.edu.tr
authors.forename: N Cagla
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Tarhan
authors.forename: Nihal Uslu
authors.initials: NU
authors.lastname: Tutar
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Boyvat
authors.forename: Cuneyt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aytekin
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gursoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery; D016145:Endoscopy, Digestive System; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents