Endoscopic versus Surgical Intervention for Jejunal Bezoar Formation

Bezoar-induced small bowel obstruction is a rare entity, but it should be highly suspected in those with prior abdominal or bariatric surgery. The cornerstone of treatment for intestinal bezoars has been surgical exploration to relieve the obstruction. We present a patient with obstructive jejunal p...

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Autores principales: Berg, Dana, Chakinala, Raja Chandra, Veillette, Gregory, Schorr-Lesnick, Beth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6358576/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775390
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.87
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author Berg, Dana
Chakinala, Raja Chandra
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description Bezoar-induced small bowel obstruction is a rare entity, but it should be highly suspected in those with prior abdominal or bariatric surgery. The cornerstone of treatment for intestinal bezoars has been surgical exploration to relieve the obstruction. We present a patient with obstructive jejunal phytobezoar formation that was relieved via an endoscopic approach rather than a surgical modality.
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spelling pubmed-63585762019-02-15 Endoscopic versus Surgical Intervention for Jejunal Bezoar Formation Berg, Dana Chakinala, Raja Chandra Veillette, Gregory Schorr-Lesnick, Beth ACG Case Rep J Case Report Bezoar-induced small bowel obstruction is a rare entity, but it should be highly suspected in those with prior abdominal or bariatric surgery. The cornerstone of treatment for intestinal bezoars has been surgical exploration to relieve the obstruction. We present a patient with obstructive jejunal phytobezoar formation that was relieved via an endoscopic approach rather than a surgical modality. American College of Gastroenterology 2018-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6358576/ /pubmed/30775390 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2018.87 Text en Copyright © Berg et al. This is an open-access article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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