title: Endoscopic removal of retained T- tube fragment.
abstract: T-tube usage is common following common bile duct exploration for calculi and other complex biliary surgeries to ensure proper biliary diversion and healing. A 25-year-old woman was referred from a surgical unit with a history of open cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration for cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis with T-tube placement in the common bile duct for postoperative biliary diversion. While retrieving the T-tube, it got fractured and the fragment remained in the bile duct. We report a rare case of retained T-tube fragment after T-tube removal that was retrieved endoscopically.
authors.affiliation: Medindia Hospitals, Gastroenterology, 96, Vivekananda Road, Coimbatore, 641009, India.
authors.forename: Thoguluva Seshadri
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chandrasekar
authors.forename: Mallaiyappan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murugesh
authors.forename: Subbaiah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: Thiruvengadam
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sadagopan
authors.forename: Abdul Cadar Mohammed Hameed
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hussain