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Table 1 The 16 cases of fish bones in the common bile duct reported in Japan

From: A case of a common bile duct stone that formed around a fish bone as a nidus after distal gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y reconstruction

No.

Author

Year

Age

Sex

Chief complaints

Previous disease and interventional treatment or surgery

Interval time of migration (years)

length of fish bone (mm)

Therapeutic procedures for CBD stone

Possible pathway of migration to CBD

1

Morimoto

2018

73

F

Rt. hypochondralgia

Back pain

None

35

EST

Through the papilla by chance

2

Sakakida

2018

78

F

Fever

Epigastric pain

Duodenal carcinoma

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

9

20

Single-balloon endoscopic lithotomy

Choledochojejunostomy

3

Koga

2018

71

M

Fever

Cholangiocarcinoma

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

1

Not specified

Double-balloon endoscopic lithotomy

Choledochojejunostomy

4

Bamba

2017

71

M

Fever

Liver dysfunction

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

2

25

Single-balloon endoscopic lithotomy

Choledochojejunostomy

5

Kuga

2016

63

M

Fever

Epigastric pain

Perforation of juxtapapillary duodenal diverticulum

Pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy

5

19

Laparotomy

Choledochojejunostomy

6

Araya

2016

79

F

Epigastric pain

Jaundice

None

15

EST

Not specified

7

Hori

2016

70

M

Consciousness disturbance

Fever

1. Distal gastrectomy, Billroth II reconstruction

2. CBD stone, choledochoduodenostomy

40

5

25

Laparotomy

Choledocoduodenostomy

8

Yoshida

2010

73

M

Rt. upper abdominal pain

Fever

CBD stone, EST

3

40

EST

Through the papilla (post-EST)

9

Yoshida

2005

77

M

Rt. hypochondralgia

None

-

38

Endoscopic papillary balloon dilatation

Through the papilla by chance

10

Kaji

2004

83

M

Jaundice

None

-

30

Laparotomy

Choledochotomy

Temporary choledochoduodenal fistula

11

Watanabe

1999

74

F

Fever (ampulla carcinoma of Vater)

None

-

30

Laparotomy

Pancreaticoduodenectomy

Through the papilla by chance

12

Sakai

1997

69

M

Rt. hypochondralgia

CBD stone, EST

1

32 and 44

Endoscopic lithotomy

Through the papilla (post-EST)

13

Kakiuchi

1989

63

M

Epigastric pain

Gastric cancer, gastrectomy

16

25

Laparotomy

Choledochotomy

Through the papilla by chance

14

Kato

1985

84

M

Epigastric pain

Vomiting

Gastric ulcer, gastrectomy

30

40

Laparotomy

Choledochotomy

Not mentioned

15

Sato

1980

60

F

Epigastric pain

Jaundice

Gastric ulcer, gastrectomy, Billroth II reconstruction

10

50

Laparotomy

Choledochotomy

Not mentioned

16

Our case

2017

70

M

Epigastric pain

Gastric cancer

Distal gastrectomy, Roux-en Y reconstruction

2

32

Laparotomy

Choledochotomy

Through the papilla by chance (speculated)

  1. The interval time of migration is defined as the time interval for the migration after a previous interventional treatment or surgery and is shown as the number of years
  2. F female, M male, Rt right, CBD common bile duct, EST endoscopic sphincterotomy