Gallstone Ileus: Case Presentation

Abstract

Gallstone ileus is a rare cause of small bowel obstruction. Two patients aged 64 and 66 presented with abdominal pain, nausea and constipation applied to our hospital and were taken to operation with acute abdomen prediagnosis. In both cases, gallstone ileus was detected intraoperatively and the stone was removed by enterolithotomy. The patients were discharged from the hospital after postoperative care. Finding that lithotomy was enough, any new surgical treatment was not considered during postoperative monitoring. In this case report, we presented the surgical treatment and other treatment choices of gallstone ileus in two patients and discussed the cases with respect to the literature

Keywords

• Gallstone ileus
• small bowel obstruction
• enterolithotomy

Safra Taşı İleusu: Olgu Sunumu

Öz

Safra taşı ileusu ince bağırsak obstrüksiyonlarının nadir bir nedenidir. Kliniğimize karın ağrısı, bulantı ve gaz-gaita çıkaramama şikayeti ile başvuran 66 ve 64 yaşlarında iki hasta akut batın öntanısı ile operasyona alındı. Her iki olguda da intraoperatif safra taşı ileusu tespit edilip enterolitotomi ile taş çıkarıldı. Hastalar postoperatif bakımlarını takiben taburcu edildi. Olguların yapılan takiplerinde litotomi ile yetinilip ek bir cerrahi girişim düşünülmedi. Bu sunumda, yaptığımız cerrahi tedavi ve literatürdeki tedavi seçenekleri ile ilgili bilgi verildi.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Safra taşı ileusu
• ince bağırsak obstrüksiyonu
• enterolitotomi

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