Post written by Mayu Nishiyama, MD, Shigeto Ishii, MD, Toshio Fujisawa, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Saito, MD, PhD, and Hiroyuki Isayama, MD, PhD, from the Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan. This is a case of unresectable hilar cholangiocarcinoma in a 74-year-old man. He developed acute cholecystitis after biliary stent placement …
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Migrated stent retrieved via oral double-balloon enteroscopy
Post written by Laith H. Jamil, MD, FASGE, FACG from Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. An 18 mm X 12 cm covered esophageal stent migrated into the mid-distal jejunum and did not migrate further for 4 weeks. The patient remained asymptomatic thus it was felt safe to attempt to remove the stent …
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