Multidisciplinary Management for Intestinal Obstruction by Gel Ball Ingestion

Foreign body ingestion is common in young children. Very few cases require surgical exploration for removal. We report a case of superabsorbent gel ball ingestion causing intestinal obstruction, managed by a combination of endoscopic and open surgical removal under intraoperative ultrasound guidance...

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Autores principales: Tewari, Shruti, Chigicherla, Swathi, Sharma, Rahul Deo, Redkar, Rajeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8152391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083897
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jiaps.JIAPS_49_20
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Sumario:Foreign body ingestion is common in young children. Very few cases require surgical exploration for removal. We report a case of superabsorbent gel ball ingestion causing intestinal obstruction, managed by a combination of endoscopic and open surgical removal under intraoperative ultrasound guidance.

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