This is the case of a patient admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to early suture dehiscence during the postoperative period of a surgical myotomy performed due to an esophageal diverticulum. A metal self-expanding prosthesis is placed endoscopically in the dehiscence region.

The ultrasound follow-up conducted a few hours later shows the endoprosthesis (Fig. 1) with its “clips” (arrows in Fig. 2) at gastric corpus region in the splenorenal window. Through the endoscopy the prosthesis is repositioned until it reaches the proper location. The ultrasound follow-up confirms the disappearance of the device in the stomach (Fig. 3).

Figure 1

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Figure 3

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