title: Gall-Stone Ileus--Own Patients And Literature Review.
abstract: Cholelithiasis is diagnosed in 10% of the population of the USA and Western Europe. A rare but serious complication of cholelithiasis is the obstruction of the digestive tract caused by a gall-stone (Bernard syndrome). It can add up to 1-4% of the mechanical obstructions of a small intestine among the general population but it can result in nonstriangulational mechanical obstructions of a small intestine in 25% cases among the patients over the age of 65. 5 patients have undergone an operation due to a small intestine gall-stone ileus in years 2011-2013 (within 27 months) in the General Surgery Ward of the Beskid Oncology Center - Municipal Hospital. In 4 patients simple enterotomy with a gall-stone extraction was performed. In the fifth patient enterolitotomy was conducted together with cholecystectomy and fistulotomy.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kozieł
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Papaj
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dobija-Kubica
authors.forename: Przemysław
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Śleziński
authors.forename: Józef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wróbel
mesh_terms: D042882:Gallstones / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012307:Risk Factors