title: Successful retrieval of an impacted mechanical lithotripsy basket: a case report.
abstract: We report the successful retrieval of an impacted mechanical lithotripsy basket. In a patient with two large common bile duct stones, the basket with the entrapped stone was impacted within the mid-common bile duct. We then attempted to use another mechanical lithotripter; however the central wire of the basket fractured at the handle portion. Grasping a few wires of the impacted basket with rat-tooth forceps allowed the wires of the basket to slip away from the stone. The present report describes the safe and effective use of rat-tooth forceps in the management of an impacted lithotripter basket.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. ryozawa@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shomei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ryozawa
authors.forename: Hirotoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwano
authors.forename: Kumiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taba
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Senyo
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sakaida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D042882:Gallstones / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods*