Dislodged biliary stent causes lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage four years postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
Ioannis S PapanikolaouGeorgios TziatziosParaskevas GkolfakisStavros ParasyrisPolyxeni KizgalaNikolaos EconomopoulosIordanis N PapadopoulosGeorge D DimitriadisKonstantinos D TriantafyllouPublished in: Clinical case reports (2018)
Endoscopic biliary stent placement is an efficient method for the decompression of the biliary system in various benign and malignant causes. Dislocation and stent migration is a well-known complication, with most displaced stents passing through the bowel, uneventfully. Rarely, migrated stents can be accounted for potentially life-threatening complications.