Open AccessIleal gallstone obstruction: Single-balloon enteroscopic removal
Author(s) -
Hauke Heinzow,
Tobias Meister,
Johannes Weßling,
Wolfram Domschke,
Hansjoerg Ullerich
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-5190
DOI - 10.4253/wjge.v2.i9.321
Subject(s) - medicine , gallstone ileus , enteroscopy , gallstones , ileus , balloon , ileum , endoscopy , complication , double balloon enteroscopy , surgery , endoscopic treatment , bowel obstruction , radiology , general surgery , fistula
Gallstone-induced ileus is a rare complication of cholelithiasis. Since localization of gallstones impacted in the small bowel, especially in the ileum, prevents access by conventional endoscopy in most cases, the mainstay of treatment remains surgical. Recent invention of double- and single-balloon enteroscopy has added much to the ability of imaging the small bowel and enables endoscopically directed therapy. Herein, for the first time, we report a successful endoscopic calculus removal via peroral single-balloon enteroscopy in an 81-year-old woman suffering from gallstone ileus of the ileum.