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Published on: August 22, 2025
Endoscopic removal of retained T- tube fragment
Thoguluva Seshadri Chandrasekar1, Mallaiyappan Murugesh, Subbaiah Radhakrishnan
1Medindia Hospitals, Gastroenterology, 96, Vivekananda Road, Coimbatore, 641009, India.
Abstract:
T-tube usage is common following common bile duct exploration for calculi and other complex biliary surgeries to ensure proper biliary diversion and healing. A 25-year-old woman was referred from a surgical unit with a history of open cholecystectomy and common bile duct exploration for cholelithiasis and choledocholithiasis with T-tube placement in the common bile duct for postoperative biliary diversion. While retrieving the T-tube, it got fractured and the fragment remained in the bile duct. We report a rare case of retained T-tube fragment after T-tube removal that was retrieved endoscopically.
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