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Clinical Outcomes Associated with Treatment Modalities for Gastrointestinal Bezoars
Gut and Liver, 2014 Background/AimsWith technical and instrumental advances, the endoscopic removal of bezoars is now more common than conventional surgical removal. We investigated the clinical outcomes in a patient cohort with gastrointestinal bezoars removed using ...
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Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by Aloe vera Bezoars: A Case Report
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2017 Small bowel obstruction is a clinical condition commonly caused by postoperative adhesion, volvulus, intussusceptions, and hernia. Small bowel obstruction due to bezoars is clinically uncommon, accounting for approximately 2-4% of all obstructions ...
In Taik Hong +7 more
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Intestinal obstruction due to bezoars: a retrospective clinical study
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2012 Conclusions The frequency of previous abdominal surgery in patients suffering from an intestinal obstruction due to bezoars causes diagnostic conflict.
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Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2016 Bezoars are relatively rare foreign bodies of gastrointestinal tract and often cause ileus and ulcerative lesions in the stomach and subsequent bleeding and perforation due to their size and stiffness.
Kohei Ogawa +14 more
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Phytobezoar—An Unusual Cause of Small Bowel Obstruction in Pediatric Age Group: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT 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.
Aakash Pandit +3 more
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Small-bowel bezoars in an infant following synbiotic ingestion: a novel case report [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine JournalBezoars in infants are rare owing to their limited dietary diversity. This report presents a novel case of multiple phytobezoars in the small bowel of a 3-month-old boy following ingestion of a synbiotic, a nutritional supplement combining probiotics ...
Ju Yeon Lee, Seo-Hee Kim
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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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“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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Chewing gum bezoar in a pediatric patient
JEM Reports, 2023 Background: A bezoar is a collection of indigestible material found in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract that has become large enough not to progress through the rest of the intestinal system.
Chizite Iheonunekwu +4 more
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