Jejunum perforation secondary to biliary stent migration: A rare complication

Abstract

Hepaticojejunostomy is the conventional surgical therapy as the choose of treatment in biliary stenotic cases. New surgical approaches have been developed in association with the interventional radiology and endoscopic surgery. Consequently, the conventional techniques have been less preferable. Biliary stents are used frequently in malign strictures and sometimes in benign strictures of biliary system. Placement of stent is performed during operation according to width of the common bile duct (CBD). Migration of the stent is one of s the major complication of this application. Mechanical ileus and sometimes perforation due to stent migration have also been mentioned. A 40-year female patient presented with jejunum perforation due to biliary stent migration was evaluated in this study.