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Most common site for impaction of gallstones in stone ileus is |
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Answer» Answer: Gallstone ileus is responsible for 1%–4% of all cases with small-bowel obstruction [3]. The most COMMON location of a calculus causing obstruction is the terminal ILEUM [1–5]. More PROXIMAL impaction is unusual WHEREAS obstruction of the duodenum accounts for 1%–3% of all cases [2, 4, 6]. |
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