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Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2023 Key Clinical Message Bezoars can cause gastrointestinal obstruction and may require surgery. Surgery carries the risk of complications. Medical professionals should perform detailed history in diet and behaviors for patients presenting with abdominal ...
Shannon Powell
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Application of a novel endoscopic device in treatment of gastric bezoars: Pilot study [PDF]
Endoscopy International OpenGastric bezoars, especially phytobezoars, are often challenging to treat due to their large size, hardness, and poor response to conventional endoscopic methods, frequently necessitating surgery.
Jia Xu +8 more
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Plastic Bezoars—A Unique Introduction in Bezoars Family [PDF]
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2011 Bezoars are rare entities in medical science. Basically, they are of four types: trichobezoars; phytobezoars, pharmacobezoars, and lactobezoars. Some rare types of bezoars are also known. In this article a unique case of plastic bezoars is presented. It was diagnosed preoperatively by esophagogastroduodenoscopy and was removed surgically.
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Phytobezoar-An Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in Pediatric Age Group: A Case Report and Literature Review. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Phytobezoars are the most common and well known type of bezoars yet one of the uncommon causes of mechanical obstruction of the small intestine. The reported prevalence rate of phytobezoars is estimated to be 0.4% despite being the 5th most common cause of acute small bowel obstruction.
Pandit A, Koirala M, Panta A, Kandel N.
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A Single-center 12-year Experience of Patients with Gastrointestinal Bezoars
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2023 Background/Aims: Gastrointestinal (GI) bezoars are relatively rare diseases with clinical characteristics and treatment modalities that depend on the location of the bezoars.
Woo Rim Kang +6 more
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Surgical Management of Intestinal Obstruction from Phytobezoar [PDF]
Journal of Acute Care Surgery, 2019 Purpose Phytobezoar is the most common type of bezoar, which can occasionally present as an intestinal obstruction. In this study, the surgical experience and outcome in the management of intestinal obstruction caused by bezoars are described.
Man Hon Tang, Gregory Heng
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Bezoar: The Stone of the Guanaco
Medical Sciences Forum, 2022 This research work allowed the development of a scientific approach to a remedy widely used until today in ranches or rural posts as an alternative medicine: the “guanaco stone” or bezoar.
Juan Beltramino +3 more
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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery, 2023 Bezoar without gastrointestinal surgical history occurring simultaneously in the gastric and duodenal lumen is very rare. We report a case of acute pancreatitis due to duodenal obstruction caused by two large bezoars.
Kang Won Lee +5 more
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“Jodhpur Bezoar”: Giant Polyurethane Bezoar [PDF]
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2014 Acute upper gastrointestinal obstruction due to foreign body ingestion is rare (
Mukesh Kumar, Gupta +3 more
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