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World J Radiol. Jun 28, 2011; 3(6): 152-154
Published online Jun 28, 2011. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i6.152
Published online Jun 28, 2011. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v3.i6.152
Small bowel perforation after duodenal stent migration: An interesting case of a rare complication
Peter HU Lee, Robert Moore, Akshay Raizada, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA 02135, United States
Peter HU Lee, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States
Robert Moore, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA 01655, United States
Akshay Raizada, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94115, United States
Richard Grotz, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton, MA 02301, United States
Author contributions: Moore R and Grotz R treated the patient and proposed the case for publication; Lee PHU and Moore R collected all of the clinical data; Lee PHU and Raizada A performed the literature review, Lee PHU, Moore R and Raizada A wrote the paper; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Correspondence to: Peter HU Lee, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center, 10833 Le Conte Ave, 62-182 HCS, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. phulee@mednet.ucla.edu
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Received: March 2, 2011
Revised: April 10, 2011
Accepted: April 17, 2011
Published online: June 28, 2011
Revised: April 10, 2011
Accepted: April 17, 2011
Published online: June 28, 2011
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