A CASE OF ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A SLIDING TUBE THAT SLIPPED INTO THE DESCENDING COLON

Abstract

The case was a 57-year-old woman. During the colonoscopy at a private practice, a sliding tube accidentally slipped into the colon. The patient was transported to our hospital due to difficulty in removal of the sliding tube. A close examination revealed that the tube slipped into the descending colon. By using an endoscope, an ileus tube, and another sliding tube under X-ray fluoroscopy, we succeeded in removing the tube. The patient started eating the day after the treatment, and she was discharged 2 days after the treatment. Thus, the endoscopic removal of a sliding tube that has slipped into the descending colon was difficult as it cannot simply be pulled out, and some ingenuity was required.