C. Vicens et al., EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY OF AN INGESTED CLAM SHELL CAUSING INTESTINAL-OBSTRUCTION, Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas, 86(2), 1994, pp. 612-614
A patient with intestinal obstruction secondary to a foreign body (cla
m shell) impacted in the ileocecal valve was treated by extracorporeal
shock wave lithotripsy. The resolution of ileus without complications
was obtained.