Doctors at a private hospital in Pune successfully removed a stent that had remained in a 73-year-old patient’s body for two years. The elderly patient was admitted to the hospital with persistent, unexplained stomach pain and nausea. Initial examinations failed to identify the cause of the symptoms, prompting the doctors to order an ultrasound . To their surprise, the scan revealed the presence of a stent inside the patient’s body.
Further investigation uncovered that the patient had undergone an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure in 2022 at a government hospital. As part of the treatment, a stent had been inserted to drain bile, with instructions for the patient to return in six weeks for its removal. Unfortunately, the patient did not return for the follow-up, leaving the stent in place. Over the next two years, the patient began experiencing symptoms such as…
