Two-stage endoscopic removal of a foreign body from the common bile duct

✍ Scribed by F. Cardin; J. Fritsch; A. Aubert; B. Meduri

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 150 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0930-2794
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00316846

✦ Synopsis

We describe the application of a new two-stage endoscopic procedure for removal of a retained stent in the common bile duct (Type 1 foreign body in Ban's classification). The technique involves sphincterotomy and placement of the endoprosthesis.