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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 Triantafyllou
Published 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.
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  • ultrasound guided
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