Duodenal stenting as a palliative approach to a malignant duodenocolonic fistula

Post written by Yassmin Hegazy, MD, from the Department of Medicine and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Our case is about a 73-year-old man with a history of GERD and diabetes mellitus who presented with a 1-week history of hematochezia with associated nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and epigastric pain. …

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Cholecystoduodenostomy and duodenal stenting

Ryan Law, DO, from Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, Illinois, USA presents this video case "Cholecystoduodenostomy and duodenal stenting for relief of biliary and gastric outlet obstruction." Our case describes the placement of a lumen-apposing stent into the gallbladder followed by placement of an uncovered metal duodenal stent for palliation in a …

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