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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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An Unusual Cause of Gastrointestinal Obstruction: Bezoar [PDF]
Oman Medical Journal, 2011 Bezoars are concretions of swallowed hair, fruit vegetable fibers, and similar substances found in the alimentary canal. The first description of a postmortem human bezoar was by Swain in 1854.
Tariq O. Abbas
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Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2012 Introduction. Trichobezoars are foreign bodies in gastrointestinal tract, composed of hair. They occur mainly in children and adolescents suffering from trichotillophagia.
Petrović Gordana +5 more
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Huge plastic bezoar: a rare cause of gastrointestinal obstruction [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2015 Bezoars are rare causes of gastrointestinal obstruction. Basically, they are of four types: trichobezoars, phytobezoars, pharmacobezoars, and lactobezoars. Some rare types of bezoars are also known.
Mbarek Yaka +3 more
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Laparoscopically Treated Giant Gastric Bezoar Complicated with Large Ulcer in Young Patient [PDF]
Lietuvos Chirurgija, 2021 Gastric bezoars are rare but well known intraluminal formations in the gastrointestinal system. Reports for gastric bezoar treatment include dissolution, endoscopic retrieval and surgery (open and laparoscopic).
Cemal Ulusoy +4 more
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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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Clinical Case Reports, 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 D. Powell, Nicholas Pereira
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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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