Fractured migrated oesophageal stent fragment presenting as small bowel obstruction three years after insertion
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Terminal Ileum Perforation as a Consequence of a Migrated and Fractured Oesophageal Stent
Covered self-expanding metallic stents are commonly employed to relieve malignant oesophageal obstruction. We report a case of a patient with oesophageal cancer treated by stent insertion and curative chemoradiotherapy with subsequent stent migration to the stomach. The stent fractured with the distal fragment migrating as far as the terminal ileum where it caused perforation of the bowel.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0035-8843,1478-7083
DOI: 10.1308/147870810x12699662981078