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Gallstone Ileus in Octogenarians: Is Cholecystectomy Really Needed?
Acta Medica, 2023 Gallstone ileus is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis and occurs when a gallstone migrates through a cholecystoenteric fistula and impacts within the gastrointestinal tract. Surgical intervention remains the treatment of choice, which consists of
Nikolaos Koliakos +7 more
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Gallstone ileus: A rare cause of small intestine obstruction
Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Gallstone ileus is a very rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction with often‐delayed presentation and nonspecific symptoms. Aerobilia is found in approximately 50% of patients with gallstone ileus.
Francesk Mulita +9 more
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Gallstone ileus treated with non-surgical conservative methods: a case report [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION: The preoperative diagnosis of gallstone ileus is challenging due to the variability of its presentation, often resulting in late diagnosis.
Fusetti, N +3 more
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Gallstone ileus - the double challenge: case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Investigative Surgery, 2016 Gallstone ileus is a rare condition which occurs as an evolutive complication of biliary lithiasis. It occurs after stone migration from extrahepatic biliary tree to the digestive lumen, mostly through a biliary-enteric fistula.
Petrişor Banu +5 more
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Gallstone Ileus: A Stone In The Way
Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2023 Gallstone ileus, a rare complication of cholelithiasis, is caused by an impaction of gallstones within the gastrointestinal tract leading to mechanical intestinal obstruction.
Bárbara Neto Castro +3 more
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Shock-wave therapy of gastric outlet syndrome caused by a gallstone [PDF]
, 1989 A patient with gastric outlet syndrome (Bouveret's syndrome) caused by a large gallstone impacted in the duodenal bulb was successfully treated by extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Thus, open abdominal surgery could be avoided. For disintegration of
Hoffmann, R. +4 more
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Gallstone ileus in a middle-aged male with an atypical history: a case report
Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2022 Currently, gallstone ileus is an unusual complication of cholelithiasis (0.3–3.0 %) and a rare cause of mechanical bowel obstruction (0.1–4.0 %). The rarity of the condition makes it impossible to plan the large prospective randomized clinical trials, so
Yu. S. Vinnik +4 more
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Gastric Outlet Obstruction in a Patient with Bouveret's Syndrome: a Case Report [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Gallstone ileus accounts for 1% to 4% of cases of mechanical bowel obstruction, but may be responsible for up to 25% of cases in older age groups.
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Jejunal perforation in gallstone ileus – a case series
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2007 Introduction Gallstone ileus is an uncommon complication of cholelithiasis but an established cause of mechanical bowel obstruction in the elderly. Perforation of the small intestine proximal to the obstructing gallstone is rare, and only a handful of ...
Browning Louise E +3 more
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