Endoscopic biliary stent migration with small-bowel perforation in a liver transplant recipient

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 106-110

  Esterl Jr , Robert M ^a,b   St Laurent, Matthew ^b   Bay, Micheal K ^a   Vincent Speeg, K ^a   Halff, Glenn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Small bowel perforation; Stent migration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; CHOLEDOCHODUODENOSTOMY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; STENT; T TUBE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STENTS;

EID: 0030894748     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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