Self-made wire loop snare successfully treats gastric persimmon stone under endoscopy

Figure 2 Endoscopic treatment of a persimmon stone. A and B: A gastric persimmon stone grasped with a foreign body plier (A) and with a traditional snare (B); C: Large gastric persimmon stones observed during endoscopy; D: After covering the front end of the gastroscope with a transparent cap, the guidewire loop is prepared and returned into the transparent cap to enter the stomach; E: The diameter of the guidewire loop snare is adjusted according to the diameter of the gastric persimmon stone. Both ends of the guidewire are then pulled back and forth, after which the stone is cut into small pieces by tightening the guidewire loop snare; F: Following repeated excision, the huge stone is cut into small pieces; G: The small pieces of persimmon stones are removed from the stomach; H: The entire stomach is carefully observed after removal of the stone, with discovery of a gastric ulcer in the incisura angularis.