Endoscopic treatment of gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone (Bouveret's syndrome) after extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy

Endoscopy. 1997 May;29(4):319-21. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1004197.

Abstract

Two patients with gastric outlet obstruction caused by a gallstone were treated by endoscopic lithotripsy. All fragments of significant size were removed orally, except for one that was left in the stomach in the first patient. This fragment caused a recurrent ileus after initial clinical improvement. The other patient remained clinically well after hospital discharge.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cholelithiasis / complications
  • Cholelithiasis / therapy*
  • Disease-Free Survival
  • Duodenal Diseases / complications
  • Duodenal Diseases / therapy*
  • Endoscopy / methods*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / etiology
  • Gastric Outlet Obstruction / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Lithotripsy / adverse effects*
  • Syndrome