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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Alastal Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4491398 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine 20150621
Over-the-Scope Clip system, also called "Bear Claw," is a novel endoscopic modality used for closure of gastrointestinal defect with high efficacy and safety. We present a patient with history of eosinophilic gastroenteritis and multiple abdominal surgeries including Billroth II gastrectomy complicated by a large chronic duodenocutaneous fistula from a Billroth II afferent limb to the abdominal wall. Bear Claw clip was used for closure of this fistula. The patient developed acute cholangitis one ...[more]