A Rare Complication of Biliary Stent Migration: Small Bowel Perforation in a Patient with Incisional Hernia.
Endoscopic biliary stents have been recently applied with increasing frequency as a palliative and curable method in several benign and malignant diseases. As a reminder, although most of the migrated stents pass through the intestinal tract without symptoms, a small portion can lead to complications. Herein, we present a case of intestinal perforation caused by a biliary stent in the hernia of a patient with a rarely encountered incarcerated incisional hernia.
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
Özkan
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Yilmaz
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
Remzi
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Kiziltan
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkey.
Oktay
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Aydin
Department of General Surgery, Ceyhan Government Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
Vedat
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Bayrak
Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey.
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Kotan