Gallstone Ileus in the Elderly: Still a Challenge, Report of a Case with Review of the Current Literature

Sascha Vaghiri1, Stephen N Fung1*, Dimitrios Prassas1, Lino Morris Sawicki2, Alexander Rehders1, Wolfram Trudo Knoefel1 and Andreas Krieg1 1Department of Surgery (A), Heinrich-Heine-University and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany 2Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Heinrich Heine-University and University Hospital Duesseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany

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