Dislodged biliary stent causes lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage four years postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography | Zendy

Papanikolaou Ioannis S. | Zendy; Tziatzios Georgios | Zendy; Gkolfakis Paraskevas | Zendy; Parasyris Stavros | Zendy; Kizgala Polyxeni | Zendy; Economopoulos Nikolaos | Zendy; Papadopoulos Iordanis N. | Zendy; Dimitriadis George D. | Zendy; Triantafyllou Konstantinos | Zendy

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Dislodged biliary stent causes lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage four years postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

Author(s) -

Papanikolaou Ioannis S.,

Tziatzios Georgios,

Gkolfakis Paraskevas,

Parasyris Stavros,

Kizgala Polyxeni,

Economopoulos Nikolaos,

Papadopoulos Iordanis N.,

Dimitriadis George D.,

Triantafyllou Konstantinos

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1585

Subject(s) - medicine , endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography , biliary stent , stent , complication , surgery , decompression , radiology , pancreatitis

Key Clinical Message Endoscopic biliary stent placement is an efficient method for the decompression of the biliary system in various benign and malignant causes. Dislocation and stent migration is a well‐known complication, with most displaced stents passing through the bowel, uneventfully. Rarely, migrated stents can be accounted for potentially life‐threatening complications.

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