Direct Insertion of a Short-Type Single-Balloon Enteroscope and Using a Stent Retriever to Treat Difficult Bile Duct Stones in Surgically Altered Anatomy.doi:10.5946/CE.2020.145Takashi SasakiNaoki SasahiraThe Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy...
Therefore we developed a new treatment for bile duct stone removal using a covered expandable metallic stent: (EMS). Patients and methods: 11 patients with common bile duct stones 6 patients had gallbladder stones. Two patients had liver cirrhosis with bleeding tendency. Previously covered EMS(...
Predicting the risk of sepsis and causative organisms following urinary stones removal using urinary versus stone and stent culturesThe association between foreign objects in the urinary system and urinary tract infections (UTI) is well established. The incidence of bacteriuria in patient with urinary ...