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<p>Gallstone ileus is a rare disease, arising due to intestinal obstruction caused by cholelith. It affects mainly patients between 60–70 years old and is a consequence of biliary intestinal fistula. Due to its uncommonness and the patients’ age and comorbidities there is a lack of precise treatment and diagnostic guidelines. The aim of this article is gallstone ileus literature review and case report from Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Gastroenterological Surgery Department.</p>
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Gallstone ileus is a rare disease, arising due to intestinal obstruction caused by cholelith. It affects mainly patients between 60–70 years old and is a consequence of biliary intestinal fistula. Due to its uncommonness and the patients’ age and comorbidities there is a lack of precise treatment and diagnostic guidelines. The aim of this article is gallstone ileus literature review and case report from Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Gastroenterological Surgery Department.

Gallstone ileus – case description and literature review

Independent Public Clinical Hospital No. 1 of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of General, Minimally Invasive and Gastroenterological Surgery

Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin

Department of Gynecology, Endocrinology and Gynecological Oncology

Pomeranian Journal of Life Sciences

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Gallstone ileus is a rare disease, arising due to intestinal obstruction caused by cholelith. It affects mainly patients between 60–70 years old and is a...

Gallstone ileus – case description and literature review

Publicado en línea: 26 dic 2023

Páginas: 55 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.926

Palabras clave
gallstone ileus, hepatobiliary diseases, case report, literature review

© 2023 Tomasz Falgowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Gallstone ileus – case description and literature review

Publicado en línea: 26 dic 2023

Páginas: 55 - 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21164/pomjlifesci.926

Palabras clavegallstone ileus, hepatobiliary diseases, case report, literature review

© 2023 Tomasz Falgowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
gallstone ileus, hepatobiliary diseases, case report, literature review