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Revista Cubana de Cirugía
On-line version ISSN 1561-2945
Abstract
PONCE VILLAR, Úrsula; PEIRO MONZO, Fabián and SEGUI GREGORI, Jesús. Sigma Perforation Secondary to Migration of Biliary Prosthesis. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2020, vol.59, n.2 Epub June 01, 2020. ISSN 1561-2945.
Introduction:
Migration of a prosthesis in the bile duct is a very rare complication normally expelled in a natural way, but on rare occasions it can lead to severe complications.
Objective:
To describe a rare complication due to migration of biliary prosthesis.
Clinical case:
A case is presented of a 75-year-old male patient with a biliary stent who presented a sigmoid perforation secondary to migration of the prosthesis.
Conclusions:
Prosthetic migrations should be monitored and, if they are not eliminated spontaneously or the patient presents with symptoms, they should be removed endoscopically or surgically.
Keywords : colon perforation; biliary stent; migration of biliary prosthesis.