Endoscopic removal of an enterolith causing afferent loop syndrome using electrohydraulic lithotripsy.
Electrohydraulic lithotripsy is a very useful method for fragmenting biliary stones and it can be used for endoscopic removal of difficult biliary stones. Acute afferent loop syndrome induced by enterolith is very rare, and surgical treatment is the usual choice for this condition. We describe a patient with acute afferent loop syndrome, which was induced by an enterolith after a Billroth II gastrectomy. We used electrohydraulic lithotripsy to endoscopically remove the enterolith.
Kim
Hwa Jong
HJ
Digestive Disease Center, Department of Internal Medicine and Radiology, Soon Chun Hyang University School of Medicine, and Soon Chun Hyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon and Seoul, Korea.
Moon
Jong Ho
JH
Choi
Hyun Jong
HJ
Koo
Hyun Cheol
HC
Park
Sung Jin
SJ
Cheon
Young Koog
YK
Cho
Young Deok
YD
Lee
Moon Sung
MS
Shim
Chan Sup
CS
D000343:Afferent Loop Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D000368:Aged; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging