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Thoguluva Seshadri Chandrasekar1, Mallaiyappan Murugesh, Subbaiah Radhakrishnan, Thiruvengadam Sadagopan, Abdul Cadar Mohammed Hameed Hussain.
Abstract
T-tube usage is common following common bile duct exploration for calculi and other complex biliary surgeries to ensure proper biliary diversion and healing. A 25-year-old woman was referred from a surgical unit with a history of open cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration for cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis with T-tube placement in the common bile duct for postoperative biliary diversion. While retrieving the T-tube, it got fractured and the fragment remained in the bile duct. We report a rare case of retained T-tube fragment after T-tube removal that was retrieved endoscopically.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 21686845 PMCID: PMC3027987 DOI: 10.1136/bcr.07.2008.0356
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BMJ Case Rep ISSN: 1757-790X