Successful endoscopic treatment of Bouveret's syndrome by mechanical lithotripsy.
Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to the impaction of large biliary stones into the duodenum (Bouveret's syndrome) is a well-known complication of biliary lithiasis, most often requiring surgical intervention. We report a case of successful endoscopic removal of a large stone impacted in the duodenal bulb by means of mechanical lithotripsy.
Cipolletta
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Division of Gastroenterology, Hospital A Maresca, Torre del Greco, Italy. cipollet@tin.it
Bianco
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Cipolletta
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Meucci
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Prisco
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Rotondano
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004384:Duodenoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017219:Gastric Outlet Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*