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Laparoscopic Treatment of Gallstone Ileus

Author(s) -

Hüseyin Yüce Bircan,

Bora Koç,

Ümit Özçelik,

Özgür Kemik,

A Demi̇rağ

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical medicine insights case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.187

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1179-5476

DOI - 10.4137/ccrep.s16512

Subject(s) - gallstone ileus , medicine , impaction , ileus , complication , biliary fistula , fistula , bowel obstruction , gallstones , laparoscopy , biliary tract , surgery , general surgery , gastroenterology

Gallstone ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis that has high morbidity and mortality. An intestinal obstruction can be caused by migration of a large gallstone through a biliary enteric fistula or by impaction within the intestinal tract. In this study, we present the case of an 81-year-old woman with a mechanical bowel obstruction by a gallstone that was treated by laparoscopy.

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