ArticleBMJ case reports2020
Cholangitis caused by surgical clip migration into the common bile duct: a rare complication of a daily practice.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Navigating the Impossible Gallbladder: Bailout Strategies and Culture of Safety in Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Cureus · 2026Review
- Spontaneous Migration of a Postcholecystectomy Surgical Clip From the Common Bile Duct to the Cecum Nineteen Years After Surgery: A Case Report.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2026Article
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- Complications of thoracoscopic TEF clipping for fistula ligation: a case report of polymer clip migration into the right main bronchus and recurrent fistula.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Post-operative complications of cholecystectomy: what the radiologist needs to know.Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2025Review
- Migrated Laparoscopic Surgical Clips Causing Acute Cholangitis 32 Years After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Cureus · 2023Article
- Migration of a Hem-o-Lok clip to the renal pelvis after laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2022Article
- Acute Cholangitis Secondary to Surgical Clip Migration 18 Years After Cholecystectomy: A Case Report.Cureus · 2022Article
- Surgical clip migration following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A rare cause of acute cholangitis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Article
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Abstract
A 54-year-old female patient complained of right upper quadrant abdominal pain 11 years following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A CT scan demonstrated a collection in the surgical bed and a surgical clip in the proximal bile duct. Cholangitis developed a few days later. Another CT showed that the surgical clip migrated to the distal common bile duct. The clip was removed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and the cholangitis was resolved.
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