Endoscopic removal of proximally migrated stents using a double-balloon enteroscope in patients with bowel reconstruction (with video).

ABSTRACT: Endoscopic migrated stent removal using a balloon-assisted enteroscope is technically difficult in patients with bowel reconstruction. We report the treatment outcomes and endoscopic removal methods for migrated stents using a double-balloon enteroscope (DBE). We retrospectively studied 12 patients with stent migration into the main pancreatic duct (MPD) or bile duct who underwent bowel reconstruction between January 2012 and June 2020. The successful removal rates in the MPD (n = 3) and the bile duct (n = 9) were 66.7% (2/3) and 88.9% (8/9), respectively. The removal techniques included the indirect method (n = 3), the direct method (n = 4), and a combination of indirect and direct methods (n = 3). The removal devices included an extraction balloon cathe

SUBMITTER: Oda T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8828223 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature