title: Endoscopic removal of an enterolith causing afferent loop syndrome using electrohydraulic lithotripsy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Hwa Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Hyun Jong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Hyun Cheol
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Sung Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young Koog
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Cheon
authors.forename: Young Deok
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Moon Sung
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chan Sup
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Shim
mesh_terms: 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