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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2005; 11(34): 5390-5391
Published online Sep 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i34.5390
Withdrawing method of the stiffening tube incidentally inserted into the descending colon
Shinsaku Fukuda, Tatsuya Mikami, Tadashi Shimoyama, Norihiro Hanabata, Hideki Iwamura, Akihiro Munakata
Shinsaku Fukuda, Tatsuya Mikami, Tadashi Shimoyama, Norihiro Hanabata, Akihiro Munakata, First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
Hideki Iwamura, Tsugaru Center Hospital for Adult, Tsugaru, Japan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Tatsuya Mikami, First Department of Internal Medicine, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, 5 Zaifu-cho, Hirosaki, Aomori 036-8562, Japan. tmika@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp
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Received: February 4, 2005
Revised: March 20, 2005
Accepted: March 23, 2005
Published online: September 14, 2005
Abstract

We experienced a very rare complication of colonoscopy, a migration of stiffening tube into the colorectum. We herein introduce a withdrawing method of migrating stiffening tube incidentally inserted into the colorectum. A 65-year-old Japanese woman underwent colonoscopy because of abdominal discomfort. We used stiffening tube to insert the scope to the proximal colon because of her redundant sigmoid colon. When withdrawing the scope, we realized that the tube was fully inside the colorectum. We could not remove the tube instantly, and it reached the splenic flexure, finally. We reinserted the scope through the migrating tube, straightened the scope, and withdrew it holding a slight angle of the scope over the proximal end of the tube. Then, we could safely remove the tube along with the scope through the anus.

Keywords: Colonoscopy; Complication; Migration; Stiffening tube