Rescue of a migrated pancreatic stent using a hand-made loop-catheter

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2020 Jul;112(7):581-582. doi: 10.17235/reed.2020.6967/2020.

Abstract

We present a pancreatic plastic stent migration case and the difficulty of an endoscopic approach to remove it, this time resolved with a hand-made loop catheter using a straight cannula and a NovaGold guide.

MeSH terms

  • Catheters
  • Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
  • Device Removal
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Pancreas
  • Stents