PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bulent Odemis
AU  - Yavuz Beyazit
AU  - Alpaslan Tanoglu
AU  - Ertuğrul Kayacetin
TI  - Endoscopic extraction of proximally migrated biliary stent by intrastent balloon inflation
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2014-207377
DP  - 2014 Dec 13
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr2014207377
VI  - 2014
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2014/bcr-2014-207377.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2014/bcr-2014-207377.full
AB  - Endoscopically placed bile duct stents are commonly used to relieve obstruction in patients with benign or malignant biliary disease. These stents may become dislodged and migrate in about 5–10% of patients. Distally migrated stents can be managed expectantly, allowing the foreign body to pass through the rectum. However, proximal migration of biliary stents usually necessitates endoscopic stent removal. We present a case of a proximally migrated stent that was extracted successfully with intrastent balloon inflation during endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).