Recently, a hospital in Bac Lieu received Ms. NTT (77 years old, residing in Thanh Tri district, Soc Trang province) with a dull abdominal pain and fever.
According to the patient, Ms. T. had a medical history of high blood pressure, heart valve regurgitation, and lumbar spine degeneration. About 6 years ago, Ms. T. had her gallbladder removed and a stent (plastic support) placed in the common bile duct.
A 15cm stent was left in Ms. T's common bile duct for the past 6 years. (Photo provided by the hospital).
Through examination, the doctor diagnosed Ms. T. with extrahepatic biliary obstruction due to multiple common bile duct stones and biliary tract infection due to a forgotten stent in the common bile duct.
It took the doctors more than 90 minutes to perform open surgery to remove the stones and stent left in the common bile duct, and to treat the infection. After the surgery, Ms. T's health gradually became more stable.
Doctor Duong Hai Minh, who performed surgery on Ms. T., said that if her condition was not diagnosed correctly and treated promptly, she would suffer from severe infection and poisoning that could be life-threatening.
According to doctors, stents are indicated when patients have blockages in the ureter or kidney. Stents help urine flow from the kidney to the bladder even when the ureter is blocked for any reason.
This way, the kidney continues to function and is not damaged by the blockage, and the severe pain that occurs when the kidney does not drain well is avoided. The risk of infection is also significantly reduced. However, the stent is usually not left in the body for more than 3 months.
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