Open AccessCombined laparoscopy and transabdominal endoscopy: Case report of dislodged oesophageal stent retrieval
Author(s) -
Rajiv K. Chander,
Kigongo Samuel,
Valerie Katz,
Mark Ingram
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of minimal access surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0972-9941
pISSN - 1998-3921
DOI - 10.4103/0972-9941.78356
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , endoscopy , stent , surgery , adenocarcinoma , laparoscopy , biopsy , radiology , cancer
The patient is a 39-year-old male with a five-month history of progressive dysphagia and a 70 lb weight loss. On upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy he was found to have a near-obstructing mass in the lower oesophagus that was proven by biopsy to be oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Stricture caused by the adenocarcinoma mass was stented with a Cook Evolution 12.5 cm / 24 Fr stent, which dislodged subsequently. We report the first case of a dislodged Cook Evolution 12.5 cm / 24 Fr oesophageal stent that was retrieved using combined laparoscopic and transabdominal endoscopy.