The surgical treatment of a rare complication: gallstone ileus

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Marcello Donati
Francesco Cardì
Giovanna Brancato
Piergiorgio Calò
Angelo Donati

Abstract

The authors describe 3 cases of gallstone ileus observed in two different hospitals and evaluate the current rarity of this complication of the biliary lithiasis and/or of cholangiocarcinomas. There were two cases of stones at the ileal level and one case in the left colon. In one case a single surgical intervention was carried out while in the other a two-step strategy was adopted. Notwithstanding the fact that the correct strategy to adopt is still controversial in literature, the authors discuss the single and double step strategies and propose that the second intervention of the 2-step strategy should not be performed in high risk surgical patients.

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Donati, Marcello, et al. “The Surgical Treatment of a Rare Complication: Gallstone Ileus”. Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia, vol. 81, no. 1, Jan. 2010, pp. 57-62, https://annaliitalianidichirurgia.it/index.php/aic/article/view/2795.
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Case Report