title: Argon Plasma Coagulation for Extraction of an Impacted Trapezoid Basket in the Pancreatic Duct.
abstract: We performed endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with sphincterotomy for pancreatic stent placement on a 55-year-old woman with a dilated pancreatic duct, pancreatic duct stone, and chronic pancreatitis. During follow-up ERCP, the lithotripter traction wire fractured during electrohydraulic lithotripsy and mechanical lithotripsy. Multiple attempts using standard techniques to clear the lithotripter and stone failed. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) was used to ablate 2 of the lithotripter wires, and the lithotripter was disengaged from the stone and removed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Beaumont Health System and Oakland University School of Medicine, Royal Oak, MI.
authors.forename: Treta
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Purohit
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Mrinal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: Shyam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thakkar