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Foreign bodies of the biliary tract

Endoscopic management

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In the period 1978–1984, 23 patients underwent endoscopic intervention for foreign bodies of the biliary tract. The patients are subdivided into three groups: the first group consists of 11 cases in which the foreign bodies were suture threads, either simple or as a nidus for gallstones; the second group consists of six patients with a sump syndrome of the biliary tract; the third group includes six patients who retained drainage tubes or stents after a biliary tract operation. In our series, endoscopic extraction was performed as a firstchoice procedure. The high success rate may favor endoscopy as a low-morbidity, low-mortality approach and as an alternative to a relaparotomy.

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  1. Department of Digestive Endoscopy, II General Surgery Unit, S. Maria Nuova Hospital, Viale Risorgimento, 80 42100, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    G. Bedogni MD, M. Meinero MD, I. Barbieri MD, E. Ricci MD, L. Bigi MD, C. Pedrazzoli MD, S. Contini MD, G. Bertoni MD, R. Conigliaro MD & G. Rossi MD

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Bedogni, G., Meinero, M., Barbieri, I. et al. Foreign bodies of the biliary tract. Digest Dis Sci 31, 1100–1104 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01300264

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