Small-bowel obstruction after conservative treatment of gastric bezoar

Gastric bezoar is an uncommon complication of gastric procedures. Increasingly it is managed by pharmacologic or endoscopic manipulations. The risk of intestinal obstruction after nonsurgical therapy is illustrated by two cases that were successfully managed without resorting to enterotomy.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Canadian journal of surgery 1986-09, Vol.29 (5), p.369, 371-371
Hauptverfasser:	Kilam, S K, Cohen, M M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bezoars - complications Bezoars - therapy Female Humans Ileal Diseases - etiology Ileal Diseases - surgery Intestinal Obstruction - etiology Intestinal Obstruction - surgery Male Metoclopramide - therapeutic use Middle Aged Stomach
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Zusammenfassung:	Gastric bezoar is an uncommon complication of gastric procedures. Increasingly it is managed by pharmacologic or endoscopic manipulations. The risk of intestinal obstruction after nonsurgical therapy is illustrated by two cases that were successfully managed without resorting to enterotomy.
ISSN:	0008-428X