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El íleo biliar: una revisión de la literatura médica
Author(s) -
C.F. Ploneda-Valencia,
Mariana Gallo-Morales,
Cricia Rinchon,
Eliseo Navarro-Muñíz,
Carlos Alfredo Bautista-López,
Liliana Faviola De la Cerda-Trujillo,
L.A. Rea-Azpeitia,
C.R. López-Lizárraga
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista de gastroenterología de méxico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.27
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2255-5528
pISSN - 0375-0906
DOI - 10.1016/j.rgmx.2016.07.006
Subject(s) - medicine , humanities , philosophy
Gallstone ileus represents 4% of the causes of bowel obstruction in the general population, but increases to 25% in patients above the age of 65 years. Gallstone ileus does not present with unique symptoms, making diagnosis difficult. Its management is surgical, but there is no consensus as to which of the different surgical techniques is the procedure of choice. At present, there is no recent review of this pathology.

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