Sigmoid colon perforation following a migrated biliary stent

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 669-670

  Elliott, Michael ^a,b   Boland, Stuart ^a  

^a HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biliary stent migration; Sigmoid perforation

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT STENT; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON PERFORATION; COMMON BILE DUCT; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SIGMOID COLON PERFORATION; STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COLON, SIGMOID; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; STENTS;

EID: 0041854202     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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