Complications and treatment of migrated biliary endoprostheses: a review of the literature.
Endoscopic biliary stent insertion is a well-established procedure. It is especially successful in treating postoperative biliary leaks, and may prevent surgical intervention. A routine change of endoprostheses after 3 mo is a common practice but this can be prolonged to 6 mo. We reported a colonic perforation due to biliary stent dislocation and migration to the rectosigmoid colon, and reviewed the literature.
Namdar
Thomas
T
Department of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, Heinrich-Heine University, Moorenstrasse 5, Dusseldorf 40225, Germany. namdar@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Raffel
Andreas-Martin
AM
Topp
Stefan-Andreas
SA
Namdar
Lisa
L
Alldinger
Ingo
I
Schmitt
Marcus
M
Knoefel
Wolfram-Trudo
WT
Eisenberger
Claus-Ferdinand
CF
D002779:Cholestasis / Q000601:surgery; D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*